To quote Donna, "it's a sickness"

[treeskin]

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.

Comments

[kcalohagirl.livejournal.com]

I heart the giant joe-pye weed. I also heart the orange echinacea. You are making me long for a yard and flower garden. The voodoo lily is just too freaking cool!!!!!

Re voodoo lily

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

It's also a tad pricey and difficult to grow, which is why that one is on the 'get for the greenhouse' list. But won't that be a wow thing to show off to visitors?

Plus, we're perverts who like to giggle at the name: 'amorphophallus' means literally "deformed phallus', commentary of the shape of the flower spikes of most of the genus.