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Sunrise Echinacea

16 years ago

Just wanted to post this picture for anyone who was thinking about buying this one. It has been moved in July of last year in the awful drought last year and this is how it looked this year. My fence is 4 ft, just for height reference.

Joyceann

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hostaholic2 z 4, MN
16 years ago
What a cutie in the pic, the flowers are lovely too.
magickiwi
16 years ago
Aaaah - so lovely - both plant and beautiful child.

A friend gave me three new varieties of Echinacea a couple of weeks ago - and that is one of them. They plants have settled in wonderfully and next summer they ought to be as unbelievable as yours. I will be saving seeds for sure - I hope the new plants from them will be true to the parents.

Cheers from Michigan
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leslie197
16 years ago
Wow, those Sunrise are really big and tall! I would never have guessed how tall, if you had not included the lovely young lady as well. Congrats.

Rabbits keep eating mine. Each time they leave about 3 inches and the poor plant tries to grow again. I just got two puny blooms that were hidden in the foliage of a giant Sum & Substance hosta. Everything else is pretty much gone.

Thanks for posting the picture - it reminded me of how much I love the color.
joyceann
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks for the nice words. The little girl in the picture is my next door neighbor. She absolutely loves flowers and I have 2 teenage boys who do not!! I just absolutely love the sunrise too. It is such a huge clump, but next year I will definitely have to stake it!
Joyceann
rosethyme
16 years ago
Beautiful picture of Sunrise and the little girl...you should send that into a photo contest. I'm so glad I have Sunrise on order for fall.

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