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A new dawn for Echinacea - The Plantsman Take a look at the work-in-progress from Thompson & Morgan More information on breeders and plants Jim Ault/Chicago Botanic Garden breeding Introduction to their plant breeding Chicagoland Grows Plant Introduction Program Kevin Hurd/Walters Gardens breeding Echinacea ‘All That Jazz’ Harini Koliparan/TerraNova Nurseries breeding TerraNova’s echinaceas Richard Saul/ItSaul Plants breeding ItSaul Plants website Echinacea photo gallery Echinacea Crazy Pink (‘Adam Saul’) Charles Valin/Thompson & Morgan breeding Click here for a post about these plants on my blog Click here for a slide show of plants in the T&M breeding program RHS Echinacea trial Echinaceas from plants 2001-2003 Echinaceas from seed 2002-2003 Other (mainly non-hybrid) echinaceas AB Cultivars Luc Klinkhammer’s echinacea gallery Thanks I would like to thank the breeders Jim Ault (Chicago Botanic Garden), Kevin Hurd (Walters Gardens), Harini Koliparan (TerraNova Nurseries), Richard Saul (ItSaul Plants) and Charles Valin (Thompson and Morgan) for their help with this article along with National Collection holder Tony Brooks, Bob and Ed Brown (Cotswold Garden Flowers), Barrie Sims (Thompson and Morgan Wholesale), Chris Lindsey (Bon Vivant Nursery), and Rob and Diane Cole (Meadow Farm Garden and Nursery). National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens National Collection® of Echinacea References Binns, Baum and Anderson, 2002 A Taxonomic revision of Echinacea (Asteraceae: Helianthae) Shannon E. Binns, Bernard R. Baum and John Thor Arnason Systematic Botany (2002), 27(3) McGregor, 1968 The taxonomy of the genus Echinacea (Compositae) R. L. MacGregor University of Kansas Science Bulletin (1968), 48 (4) McKeon, 1999 A Review of the Taxonomy of the Genus Echinacea Kathleen A. Mckeon Perspective on new crops and new uses (1999) Full text here Sources of supply – UK Echinaceas in the RHS PlantFinder Bressingham Gardens (scroll down) Claire Austin Hardy Plants Cottage Garden Flowers Cottage Nurrseries (scroll down) Sources of supply – North America Big Dipper Farm Forest Farm Plant Delights Sugar Creek Gardens White Flower Farm More from Graham Rice Graham Rice's blog Echinacea posts on Graham Rice's blog Graham Rice in The Plantsman RHS Encyclopedia of Perennials AHS Encyclopedia of Perennials |
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