EVERYONE has a favourite flower or two and up there in my top three (with Cosmos and honeywort) is Echinacea. I love their open daisy faces, the way bees and other pollinators flock to them, and the fact that they will flower well into the autumn, looking stunning when paired with other 'prairie' plants such as long grasses, rudbeckias, and Stachys.
I realize I am lucky to be able to grow them in our open, chalky soil (they hate heavy, waterlogged conditions) and this year have added a couple of the unusual green-flowered variety 'Green Twister' to our beds.
This week's free seeds are for a more recognized variety, 'Large Flowered'. They produce pink blooms with bronze centres held on robust tall stems that can grow to 48in (120cm) tall.
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Masterclass on: seed saving
Strange sightings
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A bolt from the blue!
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Winter moth prevention
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There are as many options as in summer
Lightweight gardening tools
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AG finds better bargains in lesser-known brands
Rudbeckias
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