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Echinacea pics - good and bad

14 years ago

Thought I'd share some Echinacea pics since it seems to be pretty popular here, as well as with myself.

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I found this one growing in my large backyard garden, I'm assuming it's a cross between a regular one and a white-flowered one, because that's all that's growing in the area and I didn't plant any new variety in the particular area either. Hard to tell from the pic, but it's almost a bi-color, faint pink fading to white tips. They're still fresh, so it'll be interesting to see what color they fade to.

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This is a pic of the same plant, with a possible parent in front of it, which is half its size.

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This is supposed to be Mango Meadowbrite, but doesn't look all that great to me, although it's not quite fully open yet. Looks like it'll be plagued with the quilled petal syndrome. It's in it's second year, purchased from High Country gardens.

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This is the "petal-less echinacea" that was discussed in a previous thread. The petals ended up as just a ring of fluted, minute petals. Still looks pretty cool, if you ask me. Interestingly, at the far right is a bud from the same plant that looks like it'll have normal petals. What's up with that? Be interesting to see how all the flowers look over the rest of summer.

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This is one of the newer varieties, planted last year. Being the lazy SOB that I am, I have no idea which one it is. They start out kind of orangish-pink, but fade to a paler pink color. I like the dark stems on it.

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I bought this one on sale this year, dirt cheap, because it was nearly dead. It looks a lot better than it did, but still doesn't look that great. Hopefully it rebounds next year. I believe it is Sunrise.

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This was bought with the previous one, dirt cheap and near death. Doing a little better, but also not the greatest. It was either Sundown or Sunset, with my memory leaning towards Sundown.

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This is just a shot of one of our small gardens in the front yard, by far the best patch of land on our property. It has a few open spots where deer or rabbits claimed some perennials. I just love that Helenium mardi gras. It's amazing the array of colors those flowers are at any given time.

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Comments (10)

cynandjon
14 years ago
Very pretty!!
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
14 years ago
Do you think your petal-less Echinacea (I think it's kind of cute by the way) is or is related to 'Vintage Wine'? My Vintage Wine has short petals, not as short as yours but shorter then the rest of my Echinaceas.

Addictive little devils aren't they :o).

Annette
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I was at Lowes today. They had Harvest Moon, with petals as pale as the pics you just posted of Sunrise, and all the petals were quilled. Also had Sundown, but there weren't any blooms. They had White Swan and Ruby Star, both in full bloom and perfect blooms. But the Harvest Moon was just total junk. I am going to write to the main office and complain.
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phonegirl
14 years ago
Thanks so much for sharing your echinacea pictures. These flowers are so interesting. Some of them have such a variety of color. Your bed looks great considering you have to share with animals. haha I'm so thankful I don't have to deal with deer or rabbits.

I need to get more echinacea's but I can't seem to keep anything except for the pink alive. I would enjoy seeing all of your gardens if you'd care to share. Punk
echinaceamaniac
14 years ago
Your plants are doing great. They should get better and better each year. Some of them are such a joy to grow. The more I grow these the more I find that you get as much enjoyment out of that random seedling as you do the latest and greatest variety.
Pat z6 MI
14 years ago
Thank you for sharing your pictures, except that now I want the Helenium, damit!
echinaceamaniac
14 years ago
I just noticed the Big Sky quilling syndrome again. Why do they keep making those things?
conniemcghee
14 years ago
I think the petal-less ech looks cool too :)

Hey, how do you like High Country Gardens? I have been thinking about placing an order with them...they have several things I'm salivating over. Do they send pretty good plants overall?
janepa
14 years ago
I only have a couple of varieties of echinacea. I just got three plants of Pink Poodle.

Your small garden is very pretty. What are the deep pink/rose colored plants at the bottom of the photo? Could it be a salvia? I love the color.

Thank you. Jane
weeper_11
14 years ago
That pinkish-rose colored plant at the bottom looks like Red Fox Veronica, to me.
drivebytrucker
Original Author
14 years ago
AfterMidnight: i don't think it's related to vintage wine. when i got it at walmart, i believe it was labelled as Magnus.

phonegirl: my other gardens aren't photoworthy, in my opinion. one is new this year and pretty much is flowerless, the other is overgrown with Artemisia ludoviciana. that stuff will be removed next spring.

connietn: i have no complaints about High Country. Decent quality plants. I did have one plant they sent me that was DOA, but they promptly sent a free replacement and it was in great condition.

janepa: it's a pink Veronica, but I have no idea what variety it is.

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