I have a Tomato Soup in full bloom now. It's beautiful. The blooms do fade after a few weeks, but they hold their red/orange color better than the Big Sky Series.
These aren't related to the Big Sky series. These were created by Terra Nova Nurseries.

I don't know if these will be winter hardy, but they do seem to be better growers than both Tiki Torch and Mac n Cheese so far.

My 2 Tomato Soup are looking good. I cut both of them down when i planted. Don't know if i will see blooms this yr. Echimaniac could you please post your Tomato Soup pics. My Tiki Torch is growing rapidly. I cut that one down about 3 weeks ago and it grew another bud on a 6" stem. I will at least see that flower.

Here is a photo of the bloom. This bloom stalk has about 8 blooms on it right now. This is a good plant so far. If it comes back next year, I will consider it a winner for sure.

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I have Tomato soup and Mac and Cheese. I previously had them planted in the ground, just planted this spring. They both weren't doing too great. Then I transplanted them into my raised bed,and they are doing better now. Mac and Cheese is recovering,and Tomato Soup now has a good bloom stalk, but no blooms yet.
I planted 4 echinacea's this year and have yet to see one bloom out of any! Frustrating! But, I have faith that they will bloom. If they make it through the winter, they will next year for sure. I have Tomato Soup, Mac and Cheese, Tiki Torch, and After Midnight. I'm still a newbie to echingacea's :)
I did have Fragrant Angel some years ago, and it grew well, but the blooms would turn black on the edges, and I didn't like the look.
I'll post photo's tomorrow of the rest. Hopefully I will get some blooms soon. After midnight has several buds on it now and Tomato Soup has a bud too.

Oh, I almost forgot. I also planted a Sunset and Sunrise. The sunset didn't make it through winter (No surprise, as I bought it at Gorge Top Gardens) and Sunrise (bought locally) got chewed by a mole this spring :(.

Nice pic. emaniac, i am jealous. Very nice red color. Do you have it next to your Mac N Cheese like all the hype?

Thanks, mayhem. I have Tiki Torch, Tomato Soup and Mac n Cheese beside each other. You can see the Tiki Torch in the background of that pic. The Mac n Cheese still hasn't even put up a bud yet. If they all come back next year it'll look like a fire bed! LOL.

I have Tiki, White Swan, Tomato, then Mac N Cheese (buying today) next to each other also. My Tiki is growing vigorously, but no flower yet.

Here is my Tomato Soup. The color looks more orange than echinaceamaniac's. My photo looks true to the actual color it is. Not red enough. This is the first bloom with 3 more buds to come . I have Mac n Cheese planted next to it . It is about half the height of TS, but a little 'bushier' with 4 buds that will take another few days to see any color showing.

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My plant wasn't as orange as the one just posted. It was more red than orange.

Hopefully mine grows and looks like that - I talked to Arie Bloom and he says his next one out is Marmalade.....hopefully that will look nice between my coconut lime and merengue. Man do I wish i could just buy directly from these people that create them and grow them myself.

echinaceamaniac, I would much prefer the red like yours. Is my more orange one maybe something else? How does it compare with tiki torch or any of the others in the orange colors. I have only seen pictures and sometimes color does not look the same in person. As I said my picture is a very good likeness of my 'TM'. It is definately more orange than red.

echinaceamaniac, I would much prefer the red like yours. Is my more orange one maybe something else? How does it compare with tiki torch or any of the others in the orange colors. I have only seen pictures and sometimes color does not look the same in person. As I said my picture is a very good likeness of my 'TM'. It is definately more orange than red.

gazania - I think your bloom is just now opening. The cone doesn't look as old as mine does. I think your bloom will get redder as it ages some. Please update and let us know if it does. Also, these look more orange during certain times of the day like mid afternoon. That could be a factor as well. I think you will be very happy with the bloom after it completely develops.

The best thing about this Tomato Soup is that it has NO quilled petals! My plant has about 8 blooms and not one bloom has a single quilled petal! YAY!