Echinacea "Orange Meadowbrite" info

Hello,

I received some info about Echinacea "Orange Meadowbrite" from a rep of Walter
Gardens. It will be available in limited quantities in the some catalogs like
White Flower Farm for spring 2004. Apparently  a wider retail distribution
won't occur until Spring of 2005. The plants sold in 2004 are only by
Chicagoland licensed growers.

These are some of the highlights of the new variety


   *         Vibrant tangerine flowers
   *         Vigorous and free flowering
   *         Healthy deep grass-green foliage  (this sounds like it might have
     the glossy foliage of E, paradoxa)
   *         Grows 2 to 3 feet tall
   *         Very drought resistant
   *         Sweet oramge-spice  tea scented flowers
   *         No serious pest or diseases noticed
   *      Has widespread landscape applications for residents and businesses.

Al Krismer
Cincinnati Ohio
Zone 6


BTW I finally got some Echinacea paradoxa seed to germinate last summer.
Anybody grow this yellow echinacea. Foliage seems to remain evergreen at least
the plants in the greenhouse have remained so.

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