The menu also offers Raspberry Tart, Summer Salsa, Guava Ice, Milkshake, Marmalade and HOT PAPAYA to name just a few. Apart from the tasty list of coneflower cultivars there are other selections of this lovely daisy-like beauty, e.g.: Robert Bloom, Evening Glow, Mamma Mia or Hot Summer. Such names could take part in a detective story or at least romantic comedy. Of course, the lists are longer and will be even longer in the future as new cultivars are being introduced every so often. Let us wait for a thriller cast.
All the names being quite appealing still cannot reflect - in my opinion- the outstanding quality of the flowers and most notably their colours, shades, half-tones. They change with time starting from buds and ending in domed brown centers which can decorate the garden until springtime.
All the names being quite appealing still cannot reflect - in my opinion- the outstanding quality of the flowers and most notably their colours, shades, half-tones. They change with time starting from buds and ending in domed brown centers which can decorate the garden until springtime.
Echinacea purpurea is a great perennial, a must in every garden even the smallest one. Before the flowers appear, the dark green, lance-shaped leaves decorate the flower border. They form nice clumps and can serve as an excellent background for other earlier blooming perennials. And then, coneflowers start to unfold their long (or short) petals which slowly refine their colour - the excellent effect of a long and hard work of the breeders. Years ago we could admire only pink shades while now cerise and crimson, magenta, orange, yellow as well as white mixed with green tones are parading before our eyes. Some of the flower heads are single, others are double with visible centers or just the opposite. If visible, they look like a colourful hedgehog. If not, they resemble gaudy carnival hairdos, sometimes in two layers.
Coneflower cultivars enjoy humus-rich, moist, fertile soils and requires a lot of sun. The sun rays guarantee the vivid colors of the flowers and overall healthy growth. If the clumps become big enough we can divide them and enlarge the number of plants in our garden. Everybody will be happy including butterflies. They love visiting coneflowers and you can always see a few of them busily drinking what the graceful flowers offer to them.
Coneflower cultivars enjoy humus-rich, moist, fertile soils and requires a lot of sun. The sun rays guarantee the vivid colors of the flowers and overall healthy growth. If the clumps become big enough we can divide them and enlarge the number of plants in our garden. Everybody will be happy including butterflies. They love visiting coneflowers and you can always see a few of them busily drinking what the graceful flowers offer to them.
Jarek
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