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Anyone else have trouble growing echinacea?
This is supposed to be one of those incredibly easy perennials but I have never gotten it to take in my garden.
I have tried it in four different locations -all full sun and the best I have gotten is to have the plant get to the stage where it is ready to bloom then the foliage gets wilty and it dies or if I put in a plant that is blooming it just doesn't come back the next year. The plants around it are fine. Has anyone else had trouble growing cone flower?
Re: Anyone else have trouble growing echinacea?
Where do you live?
In Michigan, it's a native plant, and I don't have any problems getting the run of the mill cone flower to grow. I bought a couple of the newer varieties, and they don't do well in my garden.
I can give some tips for getting it to grow:
It doesn't like nutrient rich soil. It doesn't need a lot of water--too much will kill it. It doesn't like being near any kind of wall or fence as it's an open prairie plant. Don't deadhead the blooms until early spring to get them to multiply.
If you're using native varieties, these should help. If you have the new colored hybrids, they may not come back.
Thanks! I live in southern coastal Maine which is zone 5B or 6 depending on what zone map you are looking at.
I did have it up against a fence because that is the crappiest soil I have- I have heard that they don't like a rich soil. I have a more open spot that I will move it to, I'll see if it does better there.