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Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower in Florida?

irma_stpete_10a

5 years ago

I see little mention of this plant, searching GW FL. Some info says the seeds can take 2 months to sprout and that they don't bloom until the 2nd year, yet U of F info http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp192 mentions neither idea.

Asking because I just bought a seeds/soil-pellet/pot thing at the $1 store (only one they had so I had to buy it). Seeds from Czechoslovakia. I may just use the soil pellet for some other seeds.

I think I recently saw potted ones at Lowes. If they actually do well in 9B/10A, are agressive or dividable, I will spend the money.

Do you grow these or see these in your area?

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Glenn Jones(9b)

5 years ago

Irma, it has been my experience that they take at least two years to bloom from seed and I have never gotten much out of them from seed. There not aggressive and often get killed by the weeds or die from heat or lack of water or to much water. I personally have only been able to get them to grow well from ones already started and in a part shade protected from the hottest part of the day. That being said I have found them growing in the wild and along road sides in the middle of nowhere and doing just fine with out human help. Go figure right. Can't get to grow well at home but finds hundreds on side of road.

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dirtygardener
5 years ago
I've never been successful growing them from seed, and store-bought ones always die in the summer rains. I just look at them as annuals now.
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Don't fixate on your zone. Tell us about the living soil conditions in your area and how you are thinking of planting. In soil, pot etc. Your info state you are in Pakistan. Most of the posters here know nothing about Pakistan other than what we see on tv. From a fellow worker I know it has many contrasts as far as areas to grow in. Since I live at the border of Kansas and Missouri I am aware of what misinformation people have of different areas. Some have asked how close we are to the desert, indians, fur trappers etc. Please give more information on growing conditions. I temperature wise the purpurea might live but there are other echinacea's that might do better as they need more or less moisture.
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Florida_Joe's_Z10a
5 years ago
They're very delicate and apparently tasty plants. Mine were forced into dormancy by slugs during the rainy season and then the roots just rotted away.
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I've grown them and they did well and bloomed, but died out once the truly high heat and deep humidity of late summer hit. I'm coastal, but have a woodsy, loamy yard. Perhaps they'd do better in a pot?

IIRC, I started them in either fall or late winter.

Here's some info from IFAS:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp192

And from Floridata.com:

https://floridata.com/plant/39
irma_stpete_10a thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9b
irma_stpete_10a
Original Author
5 years ago
Glenn, that's interesting that you, on the east coast, find them abundant by the roadside. UofF confirms their abundance in the wild. Yet I have never noticed any on the Pinellas peninsula. Have any of you seen them in the wild within an hour or two of St. Pete? If so, when? I'd like to visit them!
Florida_Joe's_Z10a
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Maybe it's seed from those wild ones that we need. They're probably somehow better adapted to florida.
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irma_stpete_10a
Original Author
5 years ago
Yes!
Glenn Jones(9b)
5 years ago
Irma, the only place near you I visit is tarpon springs and I have never seen any over there. I have found them growing off 192 in Deer Park but I have never been able to collect seed because the county mower gets them before I do.
irma_stpete_10a thanked Glenn Jones(9b)

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