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Need help with finding ECHINACEA

16 years ago

Does anyone know of a reliable online site that I could order some of the new Euchinaea? Most of the garden stores in my area tell me that it is too late to get them from the stores in my area. I did manage to get "Sundown" from our Lowes home improvement store. I would most like to have a yellow one and other colors if possible. I only have the 1 sundown and the regular purple ones. I love coneflowers because they are so bright in my garden when lots of other color is gone. I live in the mountains of NC.

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giboosi_alttara
16 years ago
Garden Crossings has them.
nanny56
16 years ago
I got mine this year from Crownsville Nursery online. I was very impressed with the plants I got. They look like full size plants now!

Last year I ordered from Garden Crossings they were decent plants but their shipping route had the plants inroute for 5 days!!! So they were very stressed when I received them. One didn't make it (Twilight) and they replaced it free of charge for me.
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Donna
16 years ago
Plant Delights Nursery is somewhere in North Carolina. They have a bunch of Echinaceas listed on their website, and their plants are really great. If I were you and I lived close enough, I would check out their open garden days (September, I think). You could get your plants there along with a whole lot of inspiration.
learntogarden
16 years ago
I ordered from JacksonandPerkins. High quality plants shipped in pots. They've already bloomed this season. There are pictures of mine posted on my site (photos section or garden journal section).

Here is a link that might be useful: Perennial and Rose Gardening Site
Vicki
16 years ago
Lazy S'S Farm Nursery has several euchinacea's. I have ordered several items a couple weeks ago. I've never seen such well packaged plants and top quality. They are in Dave's Garden top 30 best garden store listings. Click on this link to take you right to the page.
http://www.lazyssfarm.com/Plants/Perennials/E_files/E.htm
Loretta NJ Z6
16 years ago
I'll add Big Dipper Farm to this list. I ordered clematis from them this year and they were very nice.

Here is a link that might be useful: Big Dipper coneflower page

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