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CRITTERS IN THE GARDEN! Reality, Botany and Mythology (Echinacea)

CRITTERS IN THE GARDEN! Reality, Botany and Mythology (Echinacea)

Posted by John Friel on Apr 6th 2021

Echinacea purpurea and hybridsOf all the native plants that have gone from America’s prairies to the world’s gardens, few have a history to rival that of the purple coneflower.For many years gardeners had two choices: Pinky-purple, and Not-quite-white. Then came 2002, when breeder Jim Ault of Chicago introduced the first orange and yellow hybrids. That was the genus’s Big Bang, and like the universe, it’s still expanding.Now, you can have your “purple” coneflowers in myriad hues, solids and bi c

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