That's good to know! I sowed some DoubleDeckers and some did come true, but not all. I find this to be the norm - you have to wait until they bloom to find out.

I do have the Sunrise, but it is being eaten by the slugs so badly that I'm going to have to remove it from it's present location and pot it up to see if I can rejuvenate it. They eat it to the ground every night. :(

Tiffy, sprinkle some Sevin dust on it....

I have heard that the Double Decker takes two bloom seasons to form the double flowers.

I've got a yellow one too! I'm so excited. My other plants sown from Sunrise and Mango seed have bloomed purple so far. Now I've got at least one yellow one!

Thank you for stating this Web Kat, I have been wondering this also! I am also glad to hear that the double Decker's double after two seasons, I was beginning to believe I had been duped!

The Garden Pooter!

I have one Echinacea Mango Meadowbright wintersown 2 year old- that is a mellow yellow color- and SEVERAL that are a light pink with different petals- some longer and thinner- some short and stocky- and ONE that decided to spoon it's pale lavender petals!! Now that is almost as grand as a mellow yellow to my eyes!
I will always try to grow F1 Hybrids in hopes of something wonderful- even knowing there is little chance of having children similar to the parents- I had a whole slew of Aquilegia 'Origami Red' seedlings that bloomed this year- and one out of the hundred resembled 'Origami Red'- and another resembled 'Origami White' - ALL of the others were pink and shaped like a Beidermeyer columbine- go figure-
I also had several hundred heuchera 'Midnight Velvet' seedlings- and maybe 8 looked similar to the momma plant- the rest were HUGELY diverse in appearence. It makes me wonder if the farther the plant is bread from the original species- the more diverse the offspring will be.....
Better minds than mine may have that answer.
I do know that any of these open pollenated plants- no matter how close they resemble the parent plant can not be rightfully called the parents name. A gardener friend told me all of these should sport a small x in front of their names to show that it is a seed grown plant of the named species. So my mellow yellow Echinecea will be called x-Mango Meadowbright- same with the Columbine, x-Origami Red.
Now- the real fun will be to grow these on- and see if the seedlings will be further diverse- or will be more stable and produce a greater percentage of similar offspring.....
Oh- growing from seed is sooo fun!

Julie

Ok...pretty sure it is 'Sunrise'....could be 'Sunset'...sowed both...should look at the marker, I guess.

But...here it is:

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Very!pretty!.I Ws last year the sunrise coneflowers,the coneflowers germinated and are growing in containers as of now.I will be transplanting the plants this week.I also Ws the sunset and already transplanted those last week.Next Year I should see blooms on both.

Wow, Beautiful! That is definitely son of Sunrise. My plant just has one flower open so far. So I guess Your photo is what I have to look forward to :-) I tried to grow Razzmatazz seed also but the seed I received in a trade was rather small and scawney looking and none of them germinated. I would love to try some of the other new echinaceas though so if anybody has any seed and wants to trade email me please.

" It makes me wonder if the farther the plant is bread from the original species- the more diverse the offspring will be.....
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Julie,

I bought a red grape spiderwort earlier this season for full price, which was a shocking $20 for the gallon pot. It is a lovely plant, but I bought it for the seedlings I may get from it.

As fr as I recall, the 'X' in front of a plant name means it's a cross--a hybrid, but in front of the 'X' you need another plant name to identify both parents.

You can use the term OP (open pollinated) to describe your seeds or seedlings. OP meaning that only Mother Nature was involved with the seed production.

There are many examples of hybrids between species within a genus but relatively few between genera, so when you see an X that precedes (before) the botanical name, that means that the crossed plants are from two different genera (genus).
example, X Heucherella 'Sunspot' is a hybrid genus resulting from crosses between Heuchera and Tiarella.

It's best to use OP as Trudi suggested.

Sharon

Pretty sure my post was hijacked... :oP

Thanks for the clarification Sharon ;-)

You're welcome Trudi.