{"id":8328,"date":"2020-07-31T02:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T02:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2020-08-06T04:53:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T04:53:14","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-204-echinacea-purpurea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/31\/plant-a-day-2020-day-204-echinacea-purpurea\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 204) Echinacea purpurea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coneflowers are so common and popular today that they might be considered trite or overused. Catalogs abound with myriad cultivars. The excellent substance and coloring of these flowers earn them a place in any sunny border. They don\u2019t seem as common in Seattle as they probably are in the midwest or east coast. In fact, the three plants I have in the memory garden are the only ones I know of in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My plants resemble the standard species. I don\u2019t recall if they have a cultivar name. I grew them from seed in 2017 for planting out in the memory garden. The cones of coneflowers are my favorite part\u2013the color is the perfect contrast to the petals and they glow differently with various sun exposures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n