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[Jilly]

A couple of pics of the Rudbeckia Cherokee Sunset that I got at the GC, the ones I've got are quite similar but I've looked them up & they are actually a seed mix, I've already ordered some for next year.


That one was so nice I went back & got 2 more i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif


Jillyx

[Jasmine]

Ohh, they're very nice Jilly!

[Ladygardener]

They're lovely Jilly, I've grown them from seed and they grow well. I've got Rustic Dwarf this year.

[Jilly]

 I knew there was a brown thread somewhere & guess what I'm growing again.

[Ladygardener]

It's early for a Rudbeckia to flower is'nt it. Did you grow it from seed Jilly?

[Jilly]

No Ladygardener, I gave sowing Rudbeckias up as a bad job ages ago  . I got 6 plug plants from (I think) J Parker, I had to search quite a bit to find Cherokee Sunset as not many people do it other than in seed form. I prefer it to the others as it's a bit taller & I like the darker rusty shades.

[Ladygardener]

Ah I see Jilly, well it does look good and would look good with a lot of colours.

[Ladygardener]

Rudbeckia Chocolate Orange, they all look different but this one is very brown.

[Rosefriend]

Aug 23, 2015 10:57:36 GMT Ladygardener said:

Rudbeckia Chocolate Orange, they all look different but this one is very brown.

The middle looks like a piece of chocolate Ladygardener,!!!

[Ladygardener]

I'm pleased with them Rosefriend, it'll be interesting to see how some of the others turn out.

[Ladygardener]

The latest Sunflower to open at the plot, it has lots of little branches coming from the main stalk.

[Dutchy]

Ow that is fab LG. I love those orange brown Sunflowers.
I have none this year, too busy with other things and and ah well.

[Dutchy]

Jilly do you still grow that Rudbeckia Cherokee Sunset ?

[Jilly]

Not for the last couple of years Dutchy, I've been working my way through a pack of Rustic Dwarf seeds, with the option to buy seedlings if the seeds fail. They've stopped selling them as annuals at the GC over the road (frankly they've just about stopped selling anything interesting see my failed search for reddy orange Echinacea). 

[Ladygardener]

Thanks Dutchy, I have quite a few of the brownish ones this year, some more bronze than others.

[Dutchy]

Jilly the Echinacea is The Artist I think and they stopped selling it as it did not survive for more than one year in most gardens. Quite a shame as it was a fab one.

Annoying isn't it? You find something you like and no one else likes it so they stop selling it. This is how so many cultivar disappear until a willing brave heart decides to build a collection and we all remember and go... why did that disappear it is lovely.
Ah well human nature. Always something new to chase but we forget about the old friends.

LG I think I will see in the seed discount ( Dutch me? ) if I can find some bronze ones as I do like them.

[Ladygardener]

Dutchy, I've had a look but don't have any seeds left but will certainly try to save you some if they don't all go mouldy beforehand. I've got some of the Lychnis seeds you fancied saved for you.

[Dutchy]

Ooh thank you Ladygardener.
It will be interesting to see if that wants to be multicolour. When people say it will come true it should, but my suspiciously inclined me wants to see before believing.
My GC still has seeds but are they on the cheap that is the question...