Sombrero Hot Coral Coneflower
Echinacea x purpurea
'Balsomcor'
(ek-in-AY-shee-a) (pur-PUR-ee-uh)
I am actually starting to plan my spring now. I have been
working for an organic landscaping company and learning about some different
ways to take care of plants. One customer wanted their perennial border spiffed
up and the owner loves bold colors. Echinacea is always a “go-to” plant for me
and it does well in borders. It seems to be able to grow organically.
This very blog has railed against all the Coneflower
breeding that has been going on down in Atlanta, but the market seems to shake
out the lame attempts at new cultivars. I really try to keep an eye out on
gardening trends but my strategy is mainly to wait before adopting new ideas.
This coneflower has been out for a couple of years now and seems to be sticking
around. Most of the time it really gets to be about availability and this plant is
available. It certainly meets the bold color specification. The color is one
seldom seen in the garden.
Here is a link to a page with some new flower varieties for
2017. Can you see the color trend? I guess I would try that PUFF Vanilla Coneflower. I have
found the white ones a little harder to grow.
I have a written work I’m finally trying to bring to market.
That is taking up a lot of time but I will try and update this space a little
more often.
