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HoosierHarvester

Oct 19, 2015 6:01 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kayleigh
(Zone 5a)

Echinacea Coconut Lime

| @HoosierHarvester | Post #972816 (1)

pirl

Oct 19, 2015 7:04 PM CST

Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)

Beautiful! I love it.

| @pirl | Post #972901 (2)

DogsNDaylilies

Oct 19, 2015 7:12 PM CST

Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)

pirl said:Beautiful! I love it.

I want a non-purple coneflower and your beautiful picture is making me think I know which one I want now.

| @DogsNDaylilies | Post #972918 (3)

needrain

Oct 19, 2015 7:20 PM CST

Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)

Made a cool banner!

Donald

| @needrain | Post #972932 (4)

HoosierHarvester

Oct 19, 2015 7:49 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kayleigh
(Zone 5a)

Thank you all!!! And thanks for all the thumbs. I don't know how many of you have ever made banners and had them posted. I've only made a few and only made this one in thoughts of Echinacea week. Only recently have I had time to be here at ATP. I was browsing around tonight and literally saw the banner change. And I thought, "wow, that looks familiar". A pleasant surprise.

| @HoosierHarvester | Post #972961 (5)

HoosierHarvester

Oct 19, 2015 7:53 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kayleigh
(Zone 5a)

And yes, Coconut Lime is a very hardy reliable Echinacea in my opinion. I've had it in my garden for at least 5 years now. Puts out a mass of flowers, nice for cutting, and then the cutting promotes more blooms later in the season.

| @HoosierHarvester | Post #972964 (6)

Catmint20906

Oct 20, 2015 4:21 AM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

Beautiful!!

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #973093 (7)

rocklady

Oct 20, 2015 7:05 AM CST

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

@HoosierHarvester Great to know it is hardy and reliable. I must add this to my wanted list.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

| @rocklady | Post #973130 (8)

HoosierHarvester

Oct 20, 2015 7:58 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kayleigh
(Zone 5a)

Jean, I was speaking towards DnD because he is in zone 5 as well. As for hardy in Florida, that's another question. Some of the newer Echinaceas have not been what I thought *winter* hardy here. But then some plants resent high heat coupled with excess moisture (rain) or humidity. Or just the excess rain and humidity. But if you still go for it, I hope it does very well for you.

| @HoosierHarvester | Post #973153 (9)

HoosierHarvester

Oct 20, 2015 10:27 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kayleigh
(Zone 5a)

I was looking at some of the other banners in the banners forum and saw that a lot of members posted the whole photo in the original message part. I hadn't originally thought of doing that, but here is this one: