Echinacea Green Envy Plant

On jan 24 2013 schmeeges from sintaluta canada wrote.

Echinacea green envy plant. Green jewel coneflower boasts a fresh blossom color with fragrance. It is growing in part shade. A very unusual coneflower variety echinacea purpurea green envy is noted for its flowers which open mint green and gradually turn pale purple near the center while retaining their lime green color at their petal tips. They have everything you may want or need for your garden yard etc.

Well branched its numerous flowering stems are sturdy and held upright. Deadheading will prevent seeding but birds are crazy about the seeds and the seedheads are attractive in the winter especially in the snow. Ultra hardy coneflower overwinter well and is destined to become a garden favorite. Plants grow to a tidy 2 feet tall and are hardy in zones 3 to 8.

Though they will tolerate light shade fewer flowers will be produced and the plants will be weakened. Coneflowers like it sunny and hot. Kim s knee high double decker razzmatazz green envy are all purpureas. As the flowers mature the petals elongate and the deep green cone gradually changes to dark purple.

Bought this plant 6 years ago and bloomed beautifully the year i bought it. Echinacea purpurea is a wildflower native to the eastern united states and is well adapted to survive the hot windy conditions typical of that region if properly cared for they will form attractive colonies and will live for many years. Light green petals radiate from a green cone. Across 12 cm adorned with a skirt of bright jade green ray florets held slightly above the horizontal surrounding a central deep green cone.

A stellar improvement over green envy. Cheyenne spirit harvest moon sunrise are hybrids of purpurea crossed with other echinaceas like paradoxa not known for their medicinal qualities. Their diligent work paid off with green twister. These blooms are the perfect cooling element between bright hued perennials and glow when paired with dark foliage like black lace elderberry.

Plants grow vigorously in the garden reaching 40 tall. Actually the plain old echinacea purpurea is one of the best as are echinacea angustifolia and pallida. Across 12 cm the blooms elongate from their rounded shape and their cone takes on a rich purple hue. Noted for its unusual color echinacea purpurea green jewel is a very unique coneflower with huge fragrant flowers up to 5 in.

If removing them leave the foliage at the base of the plant to overwinter. The flowers emerge with lovely rounded petals with pink tones near the green cone. May be slow to emerge in the spring. If you are going to be harvesting the roots.

Easy to grow prolific bloomer. I love the unique purple flowers with green edges around the petals. Well branched and budded with over 20 blooms per plant large fragrant blooms are 4 5 across.