Re: todays experience

Jim,
It's called Echinacea 'Orange Meadowbrite' and is also sold as E. 'Art's
Pride'.  PDN sold out of this one.  I ordered it from Sugar Creek, they
cancelled it.  White Flower Farm was my last resource.  They are sold out
but have a new crop supposedly coming in.  I'm on the list - well, let's
just say, they took our check.  This one also has a slight fragrance I
believe.
http://snipurl.com/68wb
and
http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/28498-product.html
and
http://snipurl.com/3xd3

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays experience


> Heard a report on NPR sometime last week, Donna, that the Chicago
> botanical garden [something like that] had developed a pumpkin orange
> cone flower. Wondered if you'd heard about it or seen it. The were
> selling them at the garden, and when the sale was over and all the
> plants were gone, the guy who developed it realized he had not set one
> aside for himself.
>
>
> On Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 03:21 PM, Donna wrote:
>
> > Personally think you have to do the tried and true plants to learn what
> > gardening is about.... then you need exposure to other plants before
> > you
> > want them. If it wasn't for this group, I would not know about many
> > plants, got a whole list of plants to find saved on this puter.... So
> > far the list isn't getting any shorter, mostly cause I never did find
> > them for sale.
> >
> > Last yr we discussed Oriental limelight. Since I already purchased the
> > plant then got scared by the discussion, decided to use it in a display
> > pot rather than plant it.
> >
> > This planter takes the brunt of winter. Way above ground, against a
> > garage wall, on an asphalt driveway, no winter protection of mulch or
> > anything. It came back :)
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >> Melody - I really didn't intend to come across as a plant snob, though
> > I
> >> suppose I may be to some extent.  I have Purple Coneflowers and and
> > Tawny
> >> Daylilies because I love their simple charm.  But I kicked the Shasta
> >> Daisies out long ago because they're a royal pain.
> >>
> >> I understand K-Marts carrying such items, actually I'm happy they
> > don't
> >> carry anything rare, as it would be a shame to see them gasping their
> > last
> >> breaths when no one waters them.  But it would be nice for "bonafide"
> >> nurseries to offer something unusual.
> >>
> >> There is a huge world of plants to be expereinced and I hope to God
> > we'll
> >> never be reduced to some "white list".  Personally, I don't care if
> > there
> >> are times when nothing is blooming.  The week or two of that
> > Glaucidium
> >> will
> >> be enough to carry me through.  I'm a collector, not a designer, so
> > I'll
> >> keep hoping to find something interesting, breathtaking.
> >>
> >> I don't argue the need for tried and true, but to tell the truth,
> > there is
> >> more to try.
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >
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