To quote Donna, "it's a sickness"

We're making an order to Plant Delights. I've got four things so far, and am trying to decide between a selection of the new hybrid echinaceas.

My list so far:
Hemerocallis 'Autumn Minaret'
Eupatorium fistulosum, giant joe-pye weed
Hemerocallis 'Tetrina's Daughter' (no picture, but the description is in the middle of this page
Yellow Russian hollyhock


And I'm trying to decide between these:
Echinacea 'Evan Saul'--it's orange, what's not to love? (E. purpurea backcrossed with E. paradoxa a few times.)
Echinacea purpurea 'Fragrant Angel' -- a white echinacea, but fragrant, and nice form
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine' -- a really rich color, also fragrant
cross)
Echinacea 'Sunset' -- another lovely lovely orange. I've seen this one in person, and it really is that color. (Another E paradoxa hybrid.)

What do my peeps think of any of these?



Donna's drooling over this, saying "it's a nasty looking thing, and I've just gotta have it."


Edited to add: I decided on Echinacea 'Evan Saul', because it's orange, and I just can't resist.

Sometimes, it shows, that Donna's from Oklahoma

She says to Susan, who's complaining about the possums eating her garden: "If it's the possum that's the problem, then eat the possum."

More plant geeking

I shouldn't read Cyndi's Catalog of Garden Catalogs. It gets me in trouble.

For instance, that's how I found Squaw Mountain Gardens and their AMAZING selection of Sempervivums.

I direct your attention to this page, and suggest that you scroll down to 'Centennial' and 'Casa'. Those are some of the coolest things I've seen today, and I've done lots of looking.

Edit: I sent Donna to this website to look at Semps. She just declared that she needed to go home and put on new underwear.