Well, the ‘orange’ tells me they are hybrids, so you’ll most likely get the basic purple coneflower from those seeds.
I let mine go to seed, too. I’ve gotten a few seedlings from them, which I’ve been moving to The Big Garden as filler. One stayed red, one is back to purple. But either way is fine with me.
I have ‘Julia Butterflies’ ‘Lakota’ and another bi-color I can’t remember. (’Cheyenne’ something...) They start off colorful, but now they all just look basic purple to me.
I LOVE Sedum. The front of the house is south-facing and our foundation is fieldstone, so it gets hot, hot, hot there. The only landscaping plants I kept were the Sedum that Linda had planted years ago, though I added some purple in with the basic ‘Autumn Joy.’ I also have perennial grasses that do great in those conditions, too. When I get tired of fighting Japanese Beetles for my roses, I’m going to re-do all around the greenhouse with Sedum.
Right now the Sedum are starting to bloom and look very pretty and colorful. They are also one of the last food sources for bees and butterflies, so they’re always busy. :)
I told Beau what my ‘theme’ was, today. He said, ;Do they kick you off for being CORNY?’ I said, ‘No. That only happens to me on Facebook.’ *SNORT*
Thanks - I’m good with purple flowers.
The goldfinches are having a hey-day around here. My volunteer sunflowers have become seed heads & they’re working them over. They’re all over my zinnias & the tithonia has really started blooming so they’ll be on that soon as well. I have a hard time getting tithonia seeds because they pick the seed cones bare in a flash. Mom has some coneflowers (2 or 3) in a wildflower patch (came in the seed package a couple years ago & reseed themselves) and the goldfinches are all over those as well. Another colorful flower that I don’t think are gourmet salad bar items for deer are blanket flowers - she’s got some of those in that wildflower patch as well & I’d like to grow them in other places next year.
We are loaded with bluebirds - I need to clean out the nest boxes. Dad put up some extra boxes (3) out in the fields & I think every one had a nest in it. This is in addition to the ones near the house, another 3 boxes with nests in at least 2. The hummers are in greater numbers this year than in years prior - must have had some successful nests. My SIL has her feeder on the porch and no joke, it’s hard to do anything on that end because the hummers are constantly flying around, challenging/chasing each other, etc. Fun to watch!
My brother has ‘spa’ plans for the big fat doe who is likely munching down the sedums, but when it’s that time of year (just around the corner: Oct. 2 early archery), she’ll disappear.
Something that popped up just this morning:
Echinacea Tincture – How To Make It & Use It
https://melissaknorris.com/echinacea-tincture/
I might have to try this .... maybe next year, don’t have enough this year.