I'm a fairly new garderner but have learnt quite quickly that some garden centres and retailers will label things as 'hardy' when they're not. I've bought Dahlias when the label has stated it, even though when I've looked it up they've needed to be lifted and stored over winter.
The best thing to do with all your new plants is to get online when you bring them home and read up about what care they will need. And of course take in to consideration that winter will inevitably kill off some plants regardless.
This is my third year of trying. I bought an Echinacea Tomato Soup last year. I thought it had died till I came to plant out some purpurea seedlings. It was still there but tiny. They might be hardy in southern areas but they certainly aren't in my area, Plus they're not very long lived
Whether Echinacea will survive really does depend both on the soil, and the severity of the Winter.
I've made several attempts to grow Echincea in the soil. The odd one has succeeded occasionally, but none remain. I have a heavy soil, which doesn't help.
Last year I decided to keep the plants in pots. This gives you much better drainage, protection from slugs, and you can overwinter the plants indoors to protect them from the worst of the weather.
Consequently, these are my Echinaceas, right now (Mistral and White Swan)...
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I'm a fairly new garderner but have learnt quite quickly that some garden centres and retailers will label things as 'hardy' when they're not. I've bought Dahlias when the label has stated it, even though when I've looked it up they've needed to be lifted and stored over winter.
The best thing to do with all your new plants is to get online when you bring them home and read up about what care they will need. And of course take in to consideration that winter will inevitably kill off some plants regardless.
This is my third year of trying. I bought an Echinacea Tomato Soup last year. I thought it had died till I came to plant out some purpurea seedlings. It was still there but tiny. They might be hardy in southern areas but they certainly aren't in my area, Plus they're not very long lived
Whether Echinacea will survive really does depend both on the soil, and the severity of the Winter.
I've made several attempts to grow Echincea in the soil. The odd one has succeeded occasionally, but none remain. I have a heavy soil, which doesn't help.
Last year I decided to keep the plants in pots. This gives you much better drainage, protection from slugs, and you can overwinter the plants indoors to protect them from the worst of the weather.
Consequently, these are my Echinaceas, right now (Mistral and White Swan)...