I ordered this from American Meadows
Echinacia Sundown
Just wondering if anyone grew it and how it worked out for you.
Any one know about this echinacia?
Me too ,I wondered if its as great in real life as it is in the catalogue.
mixed reviews in plantfiles
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/73557/
So many of the new echies end up sucking.
i have sundowner - it was ok - did not flop - first year - got it at hd i believe
I remember sucking statements about certain varieties. I'm interested in color, never thought about flopping.
the color was good - as i remember it seemed to fade quickler than others
Ahhhh Welllll its in the loop now, no going back.
I have changed the area three times.
On paper and order forms that is.
the pink double delight I have is a flopper... I am giving it one more year... and if it doesn't look better I am moving it
I have it, this is one of my favorite pics that I took. It's planted right near Sambuca 'Black Lace'...or was that 'Black Negligee?' One of the two...
Nice - how did the color hold? Was it the first year?
Yes, PDD is a major flopper.
Didn't last for me -- I got about 2 years -- Sunrise either ... too iffy for my zone 5a garden ... pretty color though ...
Thats the color I was hoping for and with Lavendar too.
I wont invest too much in it then.Echies do well here although they are the purple cone.
Well your zone is a little warmer than mine ... who knows ...
Didn't do well here either....but im a zone colder too.
I have spotty success and I'm warmer.
Thanks for the input.
Good to know, that was 1 on my wish list.
I guess its what our expectations are in the first place.
I am hoping for the color and an open airy look to the plant, not necessarily the more compact look of the pink and purple varieties.
If its a bummer you will certainly hear from me.
Jo Ann I have 4 of these coming so please let me know if you don't like it or it doesn't do well for you. http://www.terranovanurseries.com/wholesale/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=510
Of course I can't tell how this one performs, so i'm not sure it's any help at all! lol
I ordered three from American Meadows we are in the same boat here.
I just remember a conversation last fall on a "how did your plants do this season"thread and remembered some bad talk about the new echies.
Since Terra Nova says this is new for09 I guess it wasnt the one we ordered.
Victor, in response to the color, the first year (and pardon my language) but it completely sucked. This picture was taken last year (it's second season) and the color was great. It seemed like it was in flower and kept sending up flower stems/stalks for weeks. I have had other Echi's that have not done so well. For whatever reason the white Echi's (with the exception of Coconut Lime-that's a new one for me, just got it last year out of bloom) just look horrible. The white tends to be white for a fleeting moment then they tend to get a brownish edge and look all "crappy." I'm hoping Coconut Lime does better, my hopes are up but not that high.
no picture
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I was affraid of that with the white ones.
I have Autumn Skies and it does the same thing. Looks great the first day and then down hill from there.
Here they are with Lily Fata Morgana and phlox David
Gee I just got White Swan last year -- I hope it doesn't do that brown thing right away ... I was looking forward to it ...
I grew Sundown from seed and the colour was so-so the first year it bloomed. I had to transplant it last year due to deck construction and it didn't flower. We'll see how it shows this year.
I ordered 3 Sundowns.Its so hard for me to get plants in the ground anyway. They will just have to do their thing no matter what it is.
Unless I just cant stand it.
It's pretty ge1836; just more pinkyorange than I thought it would be. I will keep it for sure.
Re whites. I grew 'Alba' from seed and it is beautiful
dnut there you go throwing around "u's" again
LOL notice I didn't say 'fleur' though.
aaaaaawwwww leave her alone
i almost dropped the u from around to see if you wold notice
Wassamatta U - that's my alma mater.
Expecting my 12 JM's today!
T'would be labouriously cumbersum if you did.
Another 12! Where are you going to put 12 more trees?!?!
Hee hee - not sure, but most are small-ish. Three will go in containers. This will bring my total number of varieties to 30, not counting the 'big guy' out front.
I hope you're not planning to fill up the new dance floor with JMs :O