Pink Double Delight Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight' (one of the varieties of Echinacea growing in my garden)

LINKS:
Growing Guide
photos of many varieties
herbal remedy usage (Echinacea is purported to strengthen the immune system.)

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:



Create with Joy  (including a cat ball giveaway!)








A Southern Daydreamer  (hydrangea)






photo by me © 2013  all rights reserved

coneflower

 Echinacea (coneflower)  The name is derived from the Greek word echino meaning sea urchin, which the central petals resemble.
There are still a few blooms in my garden even though cool weather is beginning to come on strongly.

Wordless Wednesday--where I linked up: 

The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

Create With Joy

  

photo by me © 2013  all rights reserved

little jaunty hats

The Echinacea seed heads are wearing little jaunty hats!

 

for more about Echinacea purpurea:

Lady bird Johnson Wildflower Center This is an excellent resource for this native North American plant, as well as for other wildflowers.

photos by me © 2010 

flower and bee (#2)

bee on Echinacea flower
photo by me © 2009