Echinacea, Purple Coneflower

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?EHJRJ 15 July 2008 Echinacea, Purple Coneflower
The "rocket' flower rises every year, and spreads slightly. I always look for its return each year.

 

Durgan, mine always seem to sulk and the clumps grow only very, very slowly. Is this typical?

 

Yes, My experience indicates that they grow slowly, but they appaar every year, and the cluster gets slowly larger. The flowering head stays for almost a month or more. I always like to look at them. I have a particularly large cluster now.

 

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?CUJQT 30 July 2008 Echinacea, Purple Coneflower
In full bloom.

 

It looks very nice with the monarda....what is the plant in the lower right of the photo?

 

The plant in the lower right corner is Chinese Lantern.