I scanned this from the AR Demo Gazette.I want Patsy to tell me what it is. They grow
along Hiway 7 south. I picked a sack full to
save as seed. I guess the flowers will go to
seed. Next year I plan to plant them, but I
am wondering what they are called. They
look just like the orange flowers that grow
wild here, but they are purple.
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We call them "cone" flowers here in Missouri. The butterflies love them and they also grow wild here, both in KC and down at the camper. Up here they bloom before the yellow one do.
Purple Cone Flowers
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Plants for sun
ECHINACEA
The "Purple Cone Flowers" or Echinacea are closely related to Rudbeckia (which include the black- eyed Susan). They are native to North America - growing generally in dry areas like grasslands and stony out-croppings and in open forested areas. These plants are great for the perennial border, blooming early to late summer, with large showy flowers. The daisy like flowers, are pink or pink-purple or white, with one species even yellow. Plants are drought tolerant with most species having a taproot or short compact rhizomes. Stems and foliage usually stiffly hairy giving the plants a raspy sandpaper like feel when rubbed. In the wild many of the species and forms hybridize and this makes precise identification difficult. NEVER dig a wild Cone flower, you might be removing a endangered species or form.
There are seven to nine species, with two species listed so far on the Federal endangered species list.
I was going to say purple cone flower also but I see Patsy beat me to it!
I really like these flowers and think there's a good place for them in any garden.
You picked the flowers, right, and saved the seed to spread in your yard. You didn't dig the flowers you saw in the wild - good for you, Sister 3. I used to know a woman who would go to the Arkansas woods and dig up ferns and all kinds of native plants to transplant to her yard. Even I knew that wasn't good practice.
Thank you for thinking of me and saying a prayer for my husband and me. We are both doing fine, I'm happy to report. I'll feel like a corner toward health has been turned when his healthy appetite returns. Lately he's been keeping me guessing about what foods will stimulate his hunger. He weighs now what he weighed when he was a teenager and it looks good on him though he really shouldn't lose any more.
Yeah I think purple cone flowers too. Wish I could get some to grow here.
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