None ;-).

pretty much all of them. The only ones I’ve lost were Sunseekers Rainbow. I planted 5 last year, and only 3 came back.

To explain the ”none”: I had ’White Swan’ from seed. Went well, even sold my excess, but they petered out in a year or two. Then saw a fantastic pairing of ’Magnus’ with I forget what in the Gardens of Mien Ruys in the Netherlands, so I tried again, now with 'Magnus' plants, with the same result. I now wonder what that combination was. I should have a picture somewhere. Yours look fantastic, @Jameszone7a Philadelphia.

I have Magnus & Pow wow Wildberry and both have come back just fine the past several years. I had regular white Pow Wow, but rabbits ate them to the ground last year and they didn’t come back this spring, not a single plant out of six.

Years ago, I planted one of the non-pink ones, maybe Cheyenne Spirit…it didn’t come back and I didn’t try again.

lovemycorgi, have any of your Echinacea cultivars produced seedlings?

My happy upward facing Echinacea tennesseensis wants to join the party! I agree, is a good Echinacea year. My 'Magnus' and 'White Swan' are incredibly happy.

None - me too Dinie...a complete failure, even plain ol' purpurea. Have given up on all those summer US daisies, apart from a handful such as baileya, layia, heterotheca...

Looking terrific for you though, James.

Jay, I’ve not noticed an abundance of seedlings, but I have seen a few from Pow Wow, which I remove…they always seem to pop up in an unwanted spot. None from Magnus yet - I’ve had pow wow for about five or six years, but Magnus only for two or three. Or maybe I’ve pulled them out thinking they were rudbeckia goldsturm, which seems impossible to get rid of, many years after I thought I had it eradicated.

What about Palafoxia rosa? Palafoxia callosa spreads like a weed. I don't have any flowering Echinacea purpurea this year. The blooming plant was growing in the stone path and it was ripped out while I was pulling and digging out all the evil Callirhoe bushii. The coneflower seedlings never show up where I want them too. They are hard to tell apart from Rudbeckia fulgida. How are your hot peppers coming along James? I still haven't tried a Carolina reaper yet. Ive gone crazy before adding too many serranos to chilli so that it blistered my lips.

None, though I should probably get some to stick in meadow. Which ones self-seed well? I had White Swan at my other house, and I really liked it for a couple years but then it either reverted or died and seedlings took it place, it ended up purpley-pink after a couple years, so I took it out.

Jay, you're freaking me out! For some reason, I decided to see if I could find seeds for Palafoxia, moments ago. Before I read this. I still want to see it in bloom in person. I couldn't get seeds when last I tried. Haven't thought of it in a decade. Until a few moments ago. Stop reading my mind!

E. tennesseensis reseeds reasonably well. I'll think I've dug up all I have and moved them to the main bed, and another one will pop up.

Rob, my Palafoxia callosa. You can get the best deal on seeds from Missouri Wildflowers. Mervin the owner is a great guy. The Palafoxia seeds around in this bed. It's an annual. I grow other narrow leaved plants with them like Asclepias stenophylla and Asclepias pumila. They can be difficult to tell apart. The orange Oleander aphids helped me pinpoint the milkweeds. It self sows abundantly. I have to thin them out annually.

Very narrow leaves

Plants that I grow in dry soil with Palafoxia callossa

Leafy Prairie Clover, Dalea foliosa

Largeflower Fameflower, Phemeranthus/Talunum calycinus

I had a few coneflower varieties 10+ years ago and they all died out. I suspected aster yellows and didn't replant until last year. This was a clearance Cheyenne Spirit bargain that I bought last summer that returned and now has about 40 flowers (on one plant). I winter sowed seeds from it and have a bunch of seedlings. I also had a melon colored Cheyenne spirt that was pretty for a little while until the flowers faded to a somewhat dirty white. It didn't come back. So this is the only coneflower I have that's flowering but it's putting on a nice show.

James, Magnus was in the top 15 for "insect preferred" Echinacea in the Mt. Cuba Research Trial. Seeing you are from Philadelphia (my home town, well just outside it), maybe you have already been there. Here is the link to the full report for anyone who is interested. Mt. Cuba

Yeah I’m in glenside. I bought magnus before I knew about the mt.cuba trials. Been trying to find some top performers from the trial for a couple years. Got pica Bella last year and critters kept digging it up. Didn’t make it this year. And funny enough I found 2 top performers yesterday. Check out the labels. I go to my local nursery all the time looking for the snow cone coneflower.

I have the straight species and magnus. Had pica Bella last year and critters dug it up. The only other variety I tried is the sombrero series a few years ago. They were beautiful but never looked good once in the ground and quickly died. Coneflower posts come up every so often with plenty of older posts. Wanted to see what coneflowers are worth buying these days.

James, ha, my grandparents lived in Glenside on Oakdale Avenue-white picket fence just before stop sign at Roberts. House looks different now with siding. Used to be white stucco. I loved that house and the garden was spectacular.The gate had an arbor covered in roses. My grandfather always said he didn't bu a house, he bought an arbor. Anyway, that was back in the 40s, 50s, and early 60s.

Magnus scored pretty well and good for pollinators, so not a poor choice at all! Yours are beautiful!

Magnus has spread to form a patch at the library garden. Finches work them over pretty thoroughly but they didn't get all the seeds ;) No, I can't explain the one white flowering plant at the top left.

Small world. I live in the neighborhood behind joes market on jenkintown road.

Hopefully my Magnus spreads

My Magnus are interesting this year…here at close to 5 ft. Dont remember them being so tall.

They don't do well for me either but I'd like to try again. What is it that makes them happy? My soil is light and drains fast. I suspect they'd like soil with more clay. More consistent moisture. I see them growing well in my town so it's not the climate. My front yard has heavier soil so maybe I'll try them there.

Mine are in a raised bed that is made of dry stacked stone. So it drains rather quick and is in full sun. There is a downspout from the shed right next to them as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaXQSuLr230 this girl does coneflowers WELL!!!