But I could not help but comment on THIS:
I love purple coneflowers, in their NATURAL state. I even have one White Swan white coneflower, which is pretty hardy and looks nice surrounded by purple Nicotiana. But THIS??? This is a supposedly "improved" version of coneflower. I say it looks like a non-colored coneflower with a sinus infection. Or bad hair.
Even if I could grow coneflowers around here, save for my White Swan which is doing pretty well in a semi protected area, I would not grow these if you paid me.
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Wow, I'll have to agree with you there. That is just Not Right.
It never ceases to amaze me that humans think we can improve on perfection.
I have to admire the optimism of someone who studies garden catalogs in Minnesota in early January!
Ha! I got that catalog too. My thought was, well that's... interesting.
I keep hearing about a white coneflower that has a scent. That's one I'd like to see!
Purple or yellow.
Only.
I have lots of the purple cone flower, all of which came from plants my mom grows in her yard. It does amazingly well in these parts. But I do love it to be colorful, the watered-down version is way to weak. The bees got to be able to see it!
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