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Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is one of our most popular native pollinator plants. The Grumpy Gardener discusses new coneflower colors and how to grow it. ....
Three-year study seeks out top-performing coneflower varieties By Adrian Higgins The Washington Post,Updated February 21, 2021, 12:00 a.m. Email to a Friend The long-flowering native purple coneflower emerges in June. Other coneflowers await the curious gardener. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Adrian HigginsAdrian Higgins/The Washington Post Wildflowers have long presented a quandary for gardeners. Their natural purity is sometimes too pure. The stems are weak, the flowers are small and fleeting, and the plants often melt away with excessive coddling. Enter plant hybridizers, patient and ever ready to fix weaknesses and to appeal to the gardener s lust for showier flowers in new colors. ....
Garden sales, planting dead trees, and bug-beating hemlocks: The latest in gardening news Updated Feb 18, 2021; Posted Feb 18, 2021 Facebook Share New owner for Lancaster’s Conestoga House Lancaster’s historic Conestoga House and nearly eight acres of gardens, topiaries, hanging baskets, and tropical pots are set to reopen this spring under new ownership. The one-time Colonial tavern at 1608 Marietta Ave. sold at auction last year to the Lancaster-based Ecklin Development Group, which specializes in redeveloping historic downtowns. Ecklin bought the property for a reported $755,000 from the James Hale Steinman Conestoga House Foundation and plans to keep it open to public touring as well as private events. ....
Coneflower, loved by bees and butterflies, is put on trial Adrian Higgins - Washington Post February 18, 2021 2:58 pm Wildflowers have long presented a quandary for gardeners. Their natural purity is sometimes too pure. The stems are weak, the flowers are small and fleeting, and the plants often melt away with excessive coddling. Enter plant hybridizers, patient and ever ready to fix weaknesses and to appeal to the gardener’s lust for showier flowers in new colors. One sun-loving prairie plant you might think needs little of all that breeder’s attention would be the purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea. With its robust, daisylike blooms of pink-purple petals and orange centers, or discs, it provides a great show for a month or more beginning in mid-June. In July, the discs elongate into cones. ....