Have had these in my garden for 4 years. Originally purchased from Santa Rosa Gardens, have divided and transplanted in the fall with complete success. Well over 32 inches, leggy and prone to breaking in our July windstorms. Also a particular favorite of the Japanese Beetles who eat the petals (sigh). I removed these last fall to make way for Daylilies, but I will miss them. Glorious, glowing blooms, tough and vigorous plant. Also a unique fragrance, exotic and spicy. If you want to try the hybrids, this is one that won't disappoint.
Magnus is one of my favorite coneflowers. I have been growing it, since 1998 when it won the Plant Perennial of the Year award. Always beautiful and reliable year after year. I think if I could have just one coneflower variety to grow, that this would be it. Butterflies love to landing on the cones and with the purple Liatris that is growing with Magnus, it is a colorful butterfly banquet in my garden.
A long and lanky coneflower. It has thinner petals (technically, petaloid rays) than Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) , a more commonly grown species, but is more drought-tolerant. I grow it on a hill that dries out fast, and now that it's established, it shouldn't need watering. E. purpurea would wilt and die if it were planted in the same place. Similar to Narrow-leaf Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) .
This plant was originally purchased from a local nursery, and we have been enjoying its flowers while deer mosey through, leaving them untouched. I have also been collecting seed for seed exchanges from this flower, and was startled to learn from a very knowledgeable friend that E. tennesseensis was originally considered sterile and did not produce seeds. She thinks seeds that come from this plant might be a result of E. tennesseensis crossing with E. purpurea, somewhere in the past.
Some years, during July - August, she drives through the Kentucky mountains, and over the border in Tennessee, looms a mountain with its peak above the clouds, with this wild flower blooming near its top.
Why did she tell me this? Because I called this flower "boring". The mountain's name is Rarity.
ps - In 2011, E. tennesseensis was taken off the Endangered Species List, although it is still considered endangered by the USDA. According to the Missouri Botanical Garden*, [the Tennessee Coneflower must be isolated several miles from other echinacea species to maintain its genetic integrity.]
*http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=r430. Last sentence is paraphrased from this link.
pps - Now, how does a sterile wild flower flourish on earth without making seeds for millions of years? Same question might apply to the ubiquitous ditch lily - how can Hemerocallis fulva survive so successfully without making seeds??
May appear to be a single bloom when it first opens, displaying a row of pink florets. As it ages, the crested center will become fuller and more prominent, until it forms a nearly sphere-shaped bloom, with the florets bending downward toward the stem.
Very dramatic and appealing in the border, with good drought resistance once established.
While I have read mixed reviews of this variety, I like it. The flowers slowly lose the green as the pink area of the petals enlarges. Seems fairly long lived (so far it's 5+ years old). As with most echinacea (to my knowledge), it does not always come true to seed.
So far this is a longer-lived Echinacea than some of the other hybrid Echinaceas I've tried. Seems many of the newer echies are just short-lived perennials, lasting only 2 or 3 years. This one's been growing happily in my garden for four years now. Good performer. I'll update if that changes next year.
This pretty pink Echinacea, so far, is longer-lived than some of the other hybrid Echinaceas I've tried. Seems many of the newer echie's are just short-lived perennials, lasting 2 or 3 years. This one's been growing happily in my garden for four years now. I'll update if that changes next year.
This is one of my favorite Echinaceas. It's such a cheerful, "stop you in your tracks," BRIGHT bloom. Unfortunately, it's one of those short-lived perennials. It only lasted 3 years in my garden. But given the chance, I'd buy this one again, because it's a really good performer that makes me smile every time I look at it.
An attractive plant that's been blooming here for over a dozen years. This cultivar has a commanding presence in the garden. Magnus is a super butterfly magnet, enticing several native butterflies to "drink from its cup." Easy to sow seed in place or transplant clumps to establish a stand. Magnus has a long blooming period culminating in mid-summer. Seed pods furnish seed to goldfinches (and other birds) in the fall.
I have had this plant in my garden for 6-7 years. It has been the hardiest of my hybrid echinaceas and has an amazingly long bloom time. Also does very well as a cut flower: Holds up well in a vase. Plants bloom from mid-summer till frost in my garden without any special care. It also seems more resistant to rabbits than some of my other echinaceas. Truly one of my favorite plants for its color, bloom time, and hardiness.
This flower is one of the longest-blooming perennial flowers in my garden, starting in late spring and blooming until hard frost. It has also been the longest lived of the newer hybrid coneflowers that I've tried. It has lived through the last three winters, the last one of which was very long and cold. It has been one of the top attention draws of people who have toured my gardens, and it blooms well if it is hot weather or cold weather, I would definitely recommend it!
Echinacea 'Sombrero Flamenco Orange' is an excellent fragrant orange coneflower. It has excellent basal branching, which should make it more winter hardy than other orange Echinaceas available. It is more hardy and vigorous than 'Tiki Torch,' with many more blooms per plant.
Even though a previous poster found this plant to be hardy, it is the only echinacea that I have ever lost. It may be that the plant I bought was frail, but it looked pretty good, though small, its first year. Never did come back, so I don't think I'll try it again. Instead, I'm growing Cheyenne Spirit from seed, which may have some orange-flowered varieties.
This is a tall variety of echinacea and looks great next to the equally tall echinacea 'Fragrant Angel' (white) or as a backdrop for echinaceas of the PowWow series, which tend to be pretty short. Magnus comes true to seed, which is another plus because you can expand and fill in your garden economically.
Tough plant, grows well in dry or wet years, and yes: It does have a lovely scent, especially in the afternoon. The first year the scent was not noticeable, but now that I have a mature plant the scent is strong and adds to the beauty of this plant. Taller than I expected, so take note of 3' height when planning where to put it.
Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus') is a very attractive plant to pollinators and an important source of nectar for many butterfly species. Monarchs, Red Admirals, Sulphurs, Fritillaries, Skippers, Swallowtails, and other butterflies enjoy this plant. In addition, Echinacea purpurea has special value to native bees, particularly bumble and leafcutter bees.
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