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emch

Gardening in mostly deep shade in Zone 6. My passion is adding more native plants to my landscape & clearing out the foreign invasives.

Echinacea purpurea 'Pas702917' (PowWow Series) syn. Echinacea 'PowWow Wild Berry'

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emch

In full bloom #midwesternnative #hostplant

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emch

#anticipation

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emch

#newgrowth at last

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emch

#fadedbeauty #101uses

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emch

#exoskeletal #midwesternnative #101uses

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emch

Busy as a bee #exoskeletal #greatcolor

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emch

#pink #midwesternnative #101uses

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emch

Purplish #fridayflowers

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cheriej

Beautiful!!💖💖💖

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emch

Dandy #mutant #midwesternnative

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emch

Normally I love all things Japanese, but these guys are another story entirely #wildlifewednesday #killitwithfire

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charlotte

Don't you like them ??

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KariSamuel

The #coneflower is stunning. The #japanesebeetles I presume?

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emch

Indeed, @KariSamuel -- I do NOT like Japanese beetles @charlotte !

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charlotte

Oh. I didn't see the beetle !!

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cheriej

I’m with you on this @emch They have been horrible here this year. 🤬 In spite of that, your echinacea is stunning!!

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hkyfvr

Oh no. Did not realize they like coneflowers. Is there any plant they will not decimate. 😖

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emch

I feel as if I had been waiting 30 years to see this display. Probably more like 10 tho #midwesternnative #greatcolor #101uses

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emch

Second bloom of the year with an #exoskeletal visitor, unidentified #wildlifewednesday #midwesternnative #101uses

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emch

The flower seems to be ageing to a deeper pink rather than fading... #midwesternnative #cheerful

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emch

Looks a trifle anemic but otherwise #cheerful

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islima

Very pretty 😍

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hkyfvr

Beautiful 😍

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emch

...almost there! #anticipation #midwesternnative

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emch

I just counted 19 flower buds on this plant. 19! #midwesternnative

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emch

Get a load of all these buds! #midwesternnative #anticipation

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KariSamuel

#loadedwithbuds #impressive

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emch

#anticipation

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hkyfvr

Very exciting. The bunnies have chewed mine badly. 🫣

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emch

Coming back strongly 💪 #midwesternnative

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emch

I feel so downhearted that this froggy-lipped flower bloomed right after #mutant day...

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wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom

😆 I do love a mutant

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juliesgarden

😂😂😂 love that !

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emch

#exoskeletal #wildlifewednesday

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emch

The bloom color is quite variable, I find... #midwesternnative #101uses #greatcolor

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emch

Blooming after what seems like a lifetime of waiting! #midwesternnative

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emch

Almost buried under a Spiderwort and some Daylilies... #midwesternnative

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emch

Pushing up from under the daffs and tulips #midwesternnative

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emch

Just emerging... #midwesternnative #longflowering

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emch

First leaves to emerge on this beauty had to be rescued from the 5" of mulch laid yesterday #midwesternnative

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hkyfvr

What a pain to have to dig out your plants. Some people just don’t care. 🤦‍♀️

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emch

Finally blooming about one minute from the start of winter, complete with #exoskeletal sentry #wildlifewednesday #midwesternnative

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emch

#wildlifewednesday #exoskeletal

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emch

#greatcolor #midwesternnative #101uses

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midnightgardener

Very pretty 💕💕💕

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emch

#greatcolor #midwesternnative #101uses

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BetweenTheDirt

I heart pink!! These are gorgeous!

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emch

I forward your kudos to the nursery where I found myself unable to resist the charms of their wares!

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emch

These never do well for me, but I couldn't resist all this #greatcolor -- trying again

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emch

Still hiding shyly behind the daylilies #midwesternnative #101uses

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