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Echinacea (coneflower)?

9 years ago

I'm making plans to plant a new mound I have created. I'm wanting plants that do not require a lot of constant care. Do coneflowers require deadheading to keep blooming or to look attractive? What other yellow colored plant would work that does not require constant deadheading?
Cheryl

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Pat z6 MI
9 years ago
Rudbekia or "black-eyed susan."
dbarron
9 years ago
Yellow echinacea (e. paradoxa) blooms only in spring, so there is no point in dead heading. Interspecific hybrids involving it have been weak in my experience. Here's a shot of it...
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cakbu
Original Author
9 years ago
I have found a variety "Aloha" that blooms "summer through first frost". Anyone have experience with this one and what the upkeep is?

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