2 questions:
1. something has eaten the petals off some of my coneflowers. a
squirrel or ????

2. is there any thing i can feed them to make them more purple. they
are really PINK! do they react to the ph level the way some
hydrangeas do??

((.)) '))
((((((((
))(/)((

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:42:32 -0400, Judy Cosler wrote:

2 questions:
1. something has eaten the petals off some of my coneflowers. a
squirrel or ????

Maybe squirrel, damn woodchucks (I think) are eating my Phlox. It's
really ****ing me off too. They get close to budding and the next morning
they are chewed down like a tiny Paul Bunyon invaded them.


2. is there any thing i can feed them to make them more purple. they
are really PINK! do they react to the ph level the way some
hydrangeas do??

That one I don't know the answer to. Sorry.

Grasshoppers?

Coneflowers can be purple, pink or white but not on the same plant and the
color cannot be changed. Its genetics not pH.


"Judy Cosler" wrote in message
...
2 questions:
1. something has eaten the petals off some of my coneflowers. a
squirrel or ????

2. is there any thing i can feed them to make them more purple. they
are really PINK! do they react to the ph level the way some
hydrangeas do??

((.)) '))
((((((((
))(/)((

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:42:32 -0400, Judy Cosler opined:

2 questions:
1. something has eaten the petals off some of my coneflowers. a
squirrel or ????

2. is there any thing i can feed them to make them more purple. they
are really PINK! do they react to the ph level the way some
hydrangeas do??

((.)) '))
((((((((
))(/)((

There are several new varieties of echinacea now, one of which is a rather pale
purple to pink. I have several of them. They cannot change color. I have a
very large stand of them in many places on my property and two years ago the
grasshoppers got them bad. I started using Nosema locustae aka Nolo Bait (a
biological control for grasshoppers) and I have not seen more than a dozen
hoppers on the property.

Victoria


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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:42:32 -0400, Judy Cosler
opined:

2 questions:
1. something has eaten the petals off some of my coneflowers. a
squirrel or ????

2. is there any thing i can feed them to make them more purple. they
are really PINK! do they react to the ph level the way some
hydrangeas do??

((.)) '))
((((((((
))(/)((

There are several new varieties of echinacea now, one of which is a rather
pale
purple to pink. I have several of them. They cannot change color. I
have a
very large stand of them in many places on my property and two years ago
the
grasshoppers got them bad. I started using Nosema locustae aka Nolo Bait
(a
biological control for grasshoppers) and I have not seen more than a dozen
hoppers on the property.

Victoria

The Japanese beetles have emerged here (Cincinnati) and are eating my
echinacea and calla lilies. I guess I will add them to list of pest to pick
off. The cicadas are history except for the damage they left behind. The
rains are gone and the slugs have disappeared. My brugmansia started to
bloom this week and I thought of you.

Judy Cosler wrote in message . ..
2 questions:
1. something has eaten the petals off some of my coneflowers. a
squirrel or ????

2. is there any thing i can feed them to make them more purple. they
are really PINK! do they react to the ph level the way some
hydrangeas do??

((.)) '))
((((((((
))(/)((

I'm having the same problem. My coneflowers are faded this year - the
purples are pink and the reds are purplish. The whites are still white
though. We have had an abundance of rain so I'm guessing that it has
flushed something out of the soil.

Bob S.

Coneflowers can be purple, pink or white but not on the same plant and the
color cannot be changed. Its genetics not pH.



seedlings porobably wouldn't be same color as parent plant once they grew
either especially if you have different color coneflowers nearby.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:44:01 GMT, "Vox Humana" opined:


The Japanese beetles have emerged here (Cincinnati) and are eating my
echinacea and calla lilies. I guess I will add them to list of pest to pick
off. The cicadas are history except for the damage they left behind. The
rains are gone and the slugs have disappeared. My brugmansia started to
bloom this week and I thought of you.


My brugmansia are all on their fourth set of blooms. I will take photo's when
they open. This is their big bloom. Mine bloom all year in the greenhouse. I
am so in love with them! Thanks for thinking of me.

V


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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:44:01 GMT, "Vox Humana"
opined:


The Japanese beetles have emerged here (Cincinnati) and are eating my
echinacea and calla lilies. I guess I will add them to list of pest to
pick
off. The cicadas are history except for the damage they left behind.
The
rains are gone and the slugs have disappeared. My brugmansia started to
bloom this week and I thought of you.


My brugmansia are all on their fourth set of blooms. I will take photo's
when
they open. This is their big bloom. Mine bloom all year in the
greenhouse. I
am so in love with them! Thanks for thinking of me.

V


I picked mine up at a sale in June of 2001. They were only about 6 inches
long. They didn't bloom that year until I brought them inside. They
bloomed around Thanksgiving and then I put them in the basement were they
went dormant. Last year they bloomed very late as the temperatures started
to drop at night. I didn't realize how much fertilizer they required, and
they got all chlorotic and lost their leaves until you told me what to do.
This year I am feeding them heavily and keeping them very moist. They look
better than ever and I am happy to see them bloom so early. I hope they
continue all summer. I don't know what varieties I have. One is white and
is very heavily perfumed. The other starts out the palest pink and turn a
salmon color. It doesn't have the intense fragrance that the white one has.

The flower color that appear on the plants is determined solely by the genes
they contain. If they are hetrozygous, plants with different colors may
appear in the F2 generation but only from the genes of the parent plants.

I have noticed that plants of a single color will eventually dominate to be
the only color present in a population if that is the color preferred by the
particular pollinator. The pollinators are the ones in control not you. They
will actually ignore the flowers of a particular color they don't like.


"GrampysGurl" wrote in message
...

Coneflowers can be purple, pink or white but not on the same plant and
the
color cannot be changed. Its genetics not pH.



seedlings porobably wouldn't be same color as parent plant once they grew
either especially if you have different color coneflowers nearby.

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:50:10 GMT, "Vox Humana" opined:

I picked mine up at a sale in June of 2001. They were only about 6 inches
long. They didn't bloom that year until I brought them inside. They
bloomed around Thanksgiving and then I put them in the basement were they
went dormant. Last year they bloomed very late as the temperatures started
to drop at night. I didn't realize how much fertilizer they required, and
they got all chlorotic and lost their leaves until you told me what to do.
This year I am feeding them heavily and keeping them very moist. They look
better than ever and I am happy to see them bloom so early. I hope they
continue all summer. I don't know what varieties I have. One is white and
is very heavily perfumed. The other starts out the palest pink and turn a
salmon color. It doesn't have the intense fragrance that the white one has.


Finally they have translated the book Englestrompeten into English. It is the
only book in the world I know of which is dedicated to Brugmansia spp. In it,
they have a fantastic section explaining how to identify what you have, or see
somewhere. I bough the German edition years ago, now I own the English edition.
It was well worth it. You can also visit this site:
http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/ for great photos.


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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:50:10 GMT, "Vox Humana"
opined:

I picked mine up at a sale in June of 2001. They were only about 6
inches
long. They didn't bloom that year until I brought them inside. They
bloomed around Thanksgiving and then I put them in the basement were they
went dormant. Last year they bloomed very late as the temperatures
started
to drop at night. I didn't realize how much fertilizer they required, and
they got all chlorotic and lost their leaves until you told me what to
do.
This year I am feeding them heavily and keeping them very moist. They
look
better than ever and I am happy to see them bloom so early. I hope they
continue all summer. I don't know what varieties I have. One is white
and
is very heavily perfumed. The other starts out the palest pink and turn
a
salmon color. It doesn't have the intense fragrance that the white one
has.


Finally they have translated the book Englestrompeten into English. It is
the
only book in the world I know of which is dedicated to Brugmansia spp. In
it,
they have a fantastic section explaining how to identify what you have, or
see
somewhere. I bough the German edition years ago, now I own the English
edition.
It was well worth it. You can also visit this site:
http://www.americanbrugmansia-daturasociety.org/ for great photos.



Thanks. I will mark that page and see if I can figure out which brugmansias
I have.