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Friday, January 04, 2008

Perhaps the ugliest flower ever

I am way overdue for a gardening post. I have received many gardening catalogs, and have been perusing the vegetables, but have not quite gotten to the flowers. Flowers are mainly wishful thinking for me.

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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6 comments:

  1. e4Friday, January 04, 2008 10:48:00 PM

    Wow, I'll have to agree with you there. That is just Not Right.

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  2. AnonymousSaturday, January 05, 2008 7:23:00 AM

    It never ceases to amaze me that humans think we can improve on perfection.

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  3. MojoManSaturday, January 05, 2008 7:36:00 AM

    I have to admire the optimism of someone who studies garden catalogs in Minnesota in early January!

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  4. RuralitySaturday, January 05, 2008 7:41:00 PM

    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!

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  5. R.PowersSaturday, January 05, 2008 8:56:00 PM

    Purple or yellow.
    Only.

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  6. AnonymousMonday, January 07, 2008 4:03:00 PM

    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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