My first bloom wasn't spectacular but I welcomed something other than yellow rudbeckia. Did not grow from seed, I got a plant. I plante...Read Mored it in a dryish part of my garden but being that 2016 Spring is turning out to be a wet one, this plant has been living in high moisture.
I saw this plant growing beautifully in North Haven, Maine a few weeks ago. Johnny Select Seeds carries it and lists it as Zone 8-10. O...Read Morether vendors list it as Zone 5-8. I have a picture I could post. I am very interested in growing it as it was stunning when I saw it. Could it be that it likes the climate of coastal Maine?
I'm very disappointed also with the color of this variety. Not even close to the colors pictured in catalogs/internet nurseries. It's a...Read More deep burgundy in the center but the edges of the petals are a drab tan color. Ugly....considering ripping this out.
I read the feedback after purchasing this plant so I was curious about the color. The plant is a healthy, vigorous grower and has just be...Read Moregun to bloom. Well, the blooms are red, but not like the nursery picture. They don't have the depth or intensity of red. The grower's picture shows an outer ring of lighter red on the petals, my plant has deep dusky pink tips instead. Nice enough to keep the plant, however. I submitted a picture.
I quite like this plant. No, it isn't red. But it is very vigorus, has many blooms of a very interesting orange, brown and wine color co...Read Morembination. I guess brown is for brandy.
I got a lot of variation in the bloom color of my plants as well. I did see some burgundy, but never saw the colors pictured in the catal...Read Moreog. I spoke to a representative of my seed supplier who took the issue to Thompson and Morgan. She said T&M is claiming 3 to 5% of the seed isn't true and they were working to clean it up. I think it needs a few more generations of breeding.
Ft Lauderdale, FL (Zone 10a) | July 2009 | neutral
I grew 5 Cherry Brandy plants from seed and found inconsistencies in the bloom coloration. I'm rating this plant as a neutral. I don't ...Read Moremind the different coloration in the blooms, but neither is what online retailers are reflecting this bloom to look like.
(Clint) Medina, TN (Zone 7b) | June 2009 | negative
The marketing photos of this plant are obviously altered to make them look red. I have never seen one with red color at all. Mine were al...Read Morel brown with just a hint of a wine color in the middle. They are small blooms and look very drab. I asked for refunds for the seeds. Biggest disappointment of 2009 in my garden!
I cannot recommend this flower. The plant is very vigorous but the flowers on my plants are actually a rather unattractive brown with jus...Read Moret some hints of red/deep cherry. Several DG members have also reported this so it must not be my growing conditions or a one-time occurence. The plants I have were purchased as plants and were not grown from seed.
My first bloom wasn't spectacular but I welcomed something other than yellow rudbeckia. Did not grow from seed, I got a plant. I plante...Read More
I saw this plant growing beautifully in North Haven, Maine a few weeks ago. Johnny Select Seeds carries it and lists it as Zone 8-10. O...Read More
I'm very disappointed also with the color of this variety. Not even close to the colors pictured in catalogs/internet nurseries. It's a...Read More
I read the feedback after purchasing this plant so I was curious about the color. The plant is a healthy, vigorous grower and has just be...Read More
I also was very disapointed in the color of this, drab brownish purple,
I quite like this plant. No, it isn't red. But it is very vigorus, has many blooms of a very interesting orange, brown and wine color co...Read More
I got a lot of variation in the bloom color of my plants as well. I did see some burgundy, but never saw the colors pictured in the catal...Read More
I grew 5 Cherry Brandy plants from seed and found inconsistencies in the bloom coloration. I'm rating this plant as a neutral. I don't ...Read More
The marketing photos of this plant are obviously altered to make them look red. I have never seen one with red color at all. Mine were al...Read More
I cannot recommend this flower. The plant is very vigorous but the flowers on my plants are actually a rather unattractive brown with jus...Read More