If so, Mellow Yellows will fit seamlessly into your perennial program. Most perennial growers have protocols in place for Magnus Superior, Ruby Star, Green Twister, etc. Seed-grown Echinacea purpurea hybrids have a vigor and hardiness that may be lacking in TC-produced plants. The plant is also vigorous, sturdy and first year-flowering from seed. The plants will vary in flower color, as well as height, but there will be no pink in sight. Add in the textural beauty and green/gold/burnt orange of the evolving cone, and you have a lovely garden vignette. This gives a mature planting a lovely spectrum of yellows in one viewing. We call it Mellow Yellows and quite rightly-the colors are intense and bright as the flowers are budding up, unfurling colorful, fresh petals that mellow as the flower ages. Over a span of close to 20 years, the work yielded a strain worth introducing: a wide array of yellow colors, from a buttery ivory to banana, lemon yellow, melon, mango and pumpkin! The Jelitto breeding staff has been similarly fascinated with the possibilities, though developing a true color seed strain has its difficulties, as we surely guessed it would. Native to most of the eastern half of the U.S., Eastern purple coneflower is a delightful, easy-to-grow plant that’s spurred breeders’ imaginations, resulting in the dynamic range of colors and forms currently available. Purple-pink and white coneflowers have enlivened gardens for many years.
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