Re: echinacea

**"* B* <l*@msn.com>**

My understanding from this discussion is it's not the age of the plant in the container but what happens to it once it gets into the consumer's garden, regardless of pot age.  If I understand what's been relayed from Mssrs. Heims and Avent, the first year this plant is in the ground is when it needs to be disbudded and essentially treated as a foliage (snore!!) plant. Did I get this right?

Frankly, it sounds to me like these new echinaceas should just be sold/treated as annuals since 99.9% of nursery shoppers only want to buy plants that are in bloom or are about to bloom themselves silly.

BTW, I just spend about $100 on some of these new echinaceas 'cause I thought my beds/borders badly needed some mid-season punch. Let's hope I live long enough to see some color now that I'm committed (or maybe I should be!). Wish we'd had this discussion about a week ago...

Lorraine 

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