Prosperity, SC (Zone 7b) | September 2011 | positive
These are awesome, I had one plant it lived in a place where it was apparrantly very unhappy, nothing but foilage all the time. I moved ...Read Moreit in the spring to a raised bed, with less irrigation...It took off and is still blooming this year, I hva edeadheaded reqularly and sis give it some irrigation in the driest of times, but it didn't ask for extra irrigation. Very well behaved clump, it is getting a topdress of worm castings made of horse manure and organic vegetable scraps. Can't wait to see how it looks next year, hopefully I can split the clump and set another beautiful plant in another space in the yard :O)
I originally planted 5 of these coneflowers. All but one survived the first winter, but none really thrived. For the next two years I t...Read Moreried moving them here and there, and lost two more in the process. I have two left, and after the third year one of them seems quite happy, and the other is doing almost as well. The happy one really is lovely, has a lot of flowers, and I like it so much that I wish I had better luck with them.
This is the best little plant. It is new in my garden this year and is just loaded with flowers that last a really long time. In our al...Read Morekaline soil and 8b climate, it is pure white, not the white with gold that you see in pictures. It gets so hot here that sometimes full-sun plants do better with half day sun. Meringue gets a half day of sun or less. Mine is only 12" tall but is beautiful and is very showy.
Also in first season, we have Double Delight , Marmalade, and Hot Papaya. We're on the waiting list to get Pineapple Sundae. DD is beautiful and flowering heavily, with about 15 flowers and more forming, but Marmalade only had two spectacular flowers and made no more. Hot Papaya has about 8 flowers with no more forming. All of these look healthy and are near each other, so I don't know why some do better than others. I buy from reputable growers who sell large plants. In our soil, Hot Papaya's color is more red than orange red, and I don't care for the color. However, cone flowers are great plants for June-July interest in 8b, so I'm looking forward to seeing them get bigger next year.
These are awesome, I had one plant it lived in a place where it was apparrantly very unhappy, nothing but foilage all the time. I moved ...Read More
I originally planted 5 of these coneflowers. All but one survived the first winter, but none really thrived. For the next two years I t...Read More
This is the best little plant. It is new in my garden this year and is just loaded with flowers that last a really long time. In our al...Read More