I have a question: My red flowering echinacea looks like it is growing mini plants right out of the middle of its flowers! What's up with that? Pick the flowers and root them or will those stems bloom later on?
This is a disease called aster-yellows: www.google.com/search?q=aster+yellows&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS568US568&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC7fa_sOf5AhUvlIkEHX__Du0Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&cshid=1661615642238737&biw=1890&bih=948&dpr=1
It is likely a cultural issue. Thin the patch if it is overcrowded. Make sure it is in full sun. Too much shade will cause flopping. So will too much fertilizer. It is also quite common for folks to stake crocosmia.
@@jcraulstonarb Ok, thanks. It gets sun for the majority of the day, including the hot afternoon sun. I never fertilize it. Maybe it should be thinned. I think I’m just going to also put in a permanent stake in case I need it. The flowers are wonderful and so is the texture so I can’t let it go 🙃
My experience is that the mums and asters will not root when you 1st cut them back in early or mid June, but will root well with later cutbacks in early July. The new mum rootings will mostly bloom in late Oct. too.
Love the term 'stumpifying'! 😆 This seems to be happening to everything. Nice to have the choice of smaller trees shrubs and perennials but you're right not everything needs to be a ground cover. Trying to find things that give height in the garden is becoming an issue! And Doug you do a really good job of looking pretty in the garden! 😉 Thanks for a good video guys in spite of your technical challenges.
I feel like a heretic in saying so, but I never was a fan of Tracy DiSabato-Aust's book The Well-Tended Perennial Garden. I felt the entire book could be summed up by saying: chop 'em in half! She seemed to crave neatness above all else, and wanted to miniaturize all tall plants, basically whipping (well, cutting) them into submission. I'd rather wrestle with a tall plant than chop it off at the knees. I recently discovered rebar. I go to Home Depot, have some pieces cut to size (4 feet or even taller), and they are fantastic at staking tall plants.
