Re: Echinacea "Orange Meadowbrite" info

Al,

I received a sample plant at the garden writer's conference last year. It's
still got leaves, despite our 14F and 18F temperatures. It's not looking too
happy after this last go-round, though. We dropped from the 70's to 14 in
about 30 hours.

Had a chance to look at it at the Chicago Botanical Garden. It looks like a
plant that will live up to its hype.

Daryl

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Krismer" <alkrismer@fuse.net>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:38 AM
Subject: 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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