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Echinacea paradoxa |
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| | The plump center (not really cone-shaped) develops as the flowers mature |
| Common name |
yellow coneflower |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow (summer) |
| Size |
2-3' |
| Light |
sun |
Paradoxa, because this is the only "purple coneflower" that isn't purple. Which makes it useful for the recent hybridization efforts to get all kinds of silly and funky colors of echinaceas. The species isn't nearly as commonly grown.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Echinacea paradoxa
- Seed from '07 trade. Baggy 70F (22d; 65%G, 6-10d) - 35F (10w; 12%G, 4-5w) - 70F (18%G, 3-6d)
- Seed from '09 trade. Baggy 35F (8w) - 70F (70%G, 3-8d)
Not clear that a cold stage is required, at least for reasonable level of germination.
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