Tricked by Echinacea 'Prairie Splendor'
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It looks like my Echinaceas made it
Comments (2)My Sundown, Ruby Star and Prairie Splendor are back. I was worried, but the sunshine after the rain from the last few weeks did the trick. It's my agastache that took a beating and I'm still waiting for all the characters to appear as they all had green basal foliage until our 2nd snow this winter. My salvia greggii are slowly showing green again after the snow. I may have to cut off quite a bit on those, though. Cameron...See MorePrairie Splendor vs. Ruby Star Echinacea?
Comments (4)Prairie Splendor is shorter (about 2 feet tall) than Ruby Star (About 3 feet tall). The blooms on Ruby Star are bigger and have better color. I think Ruby Star is prettier, but the thing that makes Prairie Splendor special is that it blooms so quickly from seed. Try some Ruby Stars in the back with Prairie Splendor in the front. You could save a lot of money and just order seeds of Prairie Splendor though! I think you can get Ruby Star seeds too....See MoreEchinaceas, again--THICK stems!
Comments (6)I will certainly report (hoping somebody doesn't have to jog my memory). FYI, I have planted four types, Echinacea species, 'Bravado,' 'Magnus,' and 'Prairie Splendor,' all in the same area under near exact conditions. It will be interesting to compare how they all do and I'll report on all of them. While these details are fresh on my mind this year, for my own easy reference next year: Grown as seedlings this year, all went into the garden between July 8-10, which is late. Seedlings were small, some having only one set of true leaves, some having a couple more, but all were small, due to summer arriving late and being restricted by the WS jugs. Watered generously and deeply under summer drought conditions for the first month, waterings spaced farther apart as first month progressed. Summer dry conditions abated roughly the end of August. Since then we've gotten some nice, long, soaking rains. Plants never showed signs of thirst. First buds on Prairie Splendor became noticeable probably last week, quite a while after germination, but eight weeks after getting in the ground and maturing....See MoreWhich echinaceas persist?
Comments (19)Lovely, GG48. Not familiar with 'Julia', though have certainly seen the flowers of an older survivor-Echinacea selection degenerate over time. Below (Aug 14, 2015), planted about ten years ago, 'Doubledecker'. The flowers are losing/have lost their upper deck. After several years, I finally came to the conclusion that the plant did not actually also show coneflower rosette mite. Our 'Magnus' (strongly recurved petals) and 'White Swan' (obviously white petals) have faired much better over time. It's also real lucky that our surviving Big Sky Series 'Sundown' still shows its beautiful colour gradation along the petals (purple to orange), though not as strongly as when the plant was young....See MoreDYH
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