Best Echinacea Varieties // Coneflower Trial Results // Yanking Coneflowers In A Panic!

In this video, we discuss the results of an Echinacea trial performed by the Mt. Cuba Center. They have evaluated Echinacea since 2002 and recently completed their newest trial including the newest hybrids adding a best for pollinators element.
NOTE: Peak Bloom Sun Garden Tour almost ready!! (And I will add plant names!)
See and download the results of the trial here:
issuu.com/mtcu...
Also, we see what varieties of Echinacea attract the most pollinators in my zone 5 garden as well as new additions and how they measure up to the trial results. I also discuss an issue with some of my Echinacea blooming without petals and out of panic, pull a BUNCH of plants! See why and the outcome! Gardening sure is fun! ;-)
Some of the varieties in my garden this video:
Echinacea Purpurea
Echinacea Fiery Meadow Mama
Echinacea Sombrero Baja Burgundy
Echinacea Kismet Intense Orange
Echinacea Pow Wow White
Echinacea Pow Wow Wild Berry
Echinacea Sombrero Sangarita
Trial Top Ten Coneflowers for Pollinators:
1: Fragrant Angel
2: Purpurea
3: Ruby Star
4: Amazing Dream
5: Sensation Pink
6: Baja Burgundy
7: Baby Swan Pink
8: Kismet Raspberry
9: Magnus
10: Sombrero Blanco

[@jennifersantanello860]

Watching you explain to your husband why you need to divide new plants is everything!!!! I felt you so deeply in that moment 🤣

[@brookefinlay6980]

Your enthusiasm is contagious!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks for the comment!

[@agonz1438]

Great information! Your garden looks spectacular!!! Great energy! As always love your videos and your hubby's background comments! I'm so glad I found you guys!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thank you so much!

[@christinezarvis4761]

Love seeing your children involved!! Just noticing the butterflies with appreciation (whatever their names) is wonderful. Your love and enthusiasm for gardening makes me hopeful for the future. Thank you.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes! That brings me the most joy too! I love doing "bug" hunts with them and getting them to participate, its important! Thanks for the comment!

[@moonpi4604]

My mountain mint is blooming and is positively swirling with pollinators. Its an excellent plant that smells great!! Excellent show!

[@cathyhatfield5340]

You are a wealth of information! Is your hubby just picking on you or just a jerk? You go girl I have the same passion as you never a enough plants or flowers!👍😎❤️❤️❤️

[@donnaswells3939]

He loves it as much as her. I think he is just having fun. She makes fun jabs at him. Fun couple.

[@lidiaspyrka8096]

It’s part of the fun, the banter and the charisma of watching them, brings me such joy to watch, and learn and listen! You must be a new listener/ viewer? 😉Enjoy them! Otherwise There’s always Garden Answer!

[@nekovero93]

@@lidiaspyrka8096 🤣

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Oh he is picking on me... he is a very sarcastic person and loves to get me going lol...

[@cathyhatfield5340]

I thought maybe he was and he does provoke good questions! I really think the couple action is good and part of why people love it!😎

[@debbieerps450]

I am so glad I found your videos! You are such a hard worker and informative. Everything is beautiful! Looking for more coneflowers. Thank you for your gardens !!!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thank you so much!

[@annobrien223]

My goodness your gardens are beautiful I must put in cornflowers thank you for all the. Information regards from the South East Coast of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks for watching! You def wont be disappointed!

[@snugglebear4eva]

Plant milkweed. You will get the monarchs your daughter wants. Its cool to see their whole life cycle.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

We have an entire bank of milkweed just down the hill from our home. They come!

[@CedarMountain925]

We have narrow leaf milk weed naturally near our place we don’t get monarchs but we do get swallowtails and tarantula Hawks 😅

[@americanpatriot4080]

This young woman is so cute and passionate about her garden, husband is hilarious. Great video. Thank you

[@joerybicki1679]

Husband sounds like a prick, made it a cringe video!

[@glenncordova4027]

She is both passionate and knowledgeable. We need a lot more like her

[@silviabalde3594]

Garden looks great and you two remind me of me and my hubby. He recently sent me an image of a guy on the side of the curb with a sign that read "Need money! Not poor wife keeps buying plants"

[@mischabloor7194]

Beautiful garden! You guys made me laugh 😂. Glad I found your channel😍

[@judithjohnson2111]

I will be taking your advice & adding in coneflowers. Your gardens are amazing

[@suesilva5252]

You look very pretty today; love the earrings!

[@deanlollar8241]

She always looks pretty and is so informative and cute.

[@MsCdtje]

Hi , I am Cindy from way over in Belgium , i love your video's, you truly are my inspiration !!! Because of you i learned alot about Echinacea especialy and tons of other plants that are great for bees, butterflies, bumbelbees etc. to bad we do not have hummingbirds in Belgium, since i disccoverd your you tube channel about 4 months ago ,i collected about 15 varieties of coneflowers , ( sorry if i write alot of typo's but my main language is flemmisch /dutch) anyway , your hubby is funny he reacts to all about gardening just like mine , what do they know he about our passion hihi, your garden looks amazing , i still have a long way to go , thank you for all you do and sharing your expierence with all of us arround the world , looking forward to more and more and more . sending love to you , your hubby and adorable kiddo's from Belgium :)

[@christinele1136]

I bought the same butterfly bush you raved about in your garden tour video this weekend and I can't wait to plant it! Love your videos.!

[@32speedygonzales]

I went back to Home Depot and bought one also

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Awesome! Hope you enjoy it!

[@bubblesmckenzie4125]

Beautiful yard. Love the Baja coneflower. 👀❤️

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks and yes, Baja is a favorite!

[@jeanniecollier6763]

I love the intro where it looks like you have pajama bottoms on and you are shoveling dirt--that's me!! I just LOVE all your videos and you are so full of knowledge. I agree Coneflowers are the best for pollinators as well as length of color in the summer.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thats my husband's doing... he loves filming me however it is im gardening haha! I know lots of people can relate! PJ's are the best!

[@brendaaymond9751]

LMBO. My husband and I love watching your videos. Not only are your gardens beautiful, your information helpful but the byplay between you and your husband is highly entertaining. My pollinators are buzzing around my gardens right now. Their favorite flowers are Lantana, rose of Sharon, cone flowers, sunflowers and crocosmia. I purchased some new cone flowers this year and have tiny seedlings started as well. Thank you both for your videos. B n R Zone 8 South Mississippi

[@lisagarian4083]

You two are adorable!! Great job!! And BTW never too many 🦋

[@32speedygonzales]

😆 😌i disagree

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Agreed!! The more the merrier!

[@marialmartinez5955]

Omg. 🗣He have to live you along. You doing wonderful. You garden look beautiful. 🙊🙉👍👀

[@malaikahansen]

So nice to see my twin in “ always buy more plants “ 😂 never enough. And my husband he was always complaining but now he is tired and just making jokes about my new plants.

[@joannab483]

I love your channel, glad I stumbled upon it! I didn't know that certain coneflowers were better than others, definately going to get some in the top ten ✌️💚💚🙏🙏🙏

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes! This is a lesson i have learned... they arent all created equal for sure. That evaluation definitely helps take the guesswork out of the variety performances! Thanks for the comment!

[@roberte4204]

New watcher and thank you for sharing. I have added already some of tge same plants you have in your garden and really good information. Looking forward to the heliopsis bleeding heart. Hopefully you believe that copying is the sincerest flattery. My compliments to your husband he does ask very good questions, even though I suspect he knows more than he let's on. I look forward to your other programs.

[@noraalvarado8178]

Watched this video when it first come out and loved it but never commented. Just watched it now again because i just love Echinacea. And last year I winter sowed the purple in the milk jugs and they did great. This year I planted more purple and did white swan also in the milk jugs and their sprouting!! Read the article and great information I learned alot. And yess butterflies are our passion. This was one of my favorite videos!!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Oh how wonderful! I’ve started more purple as well! I have a few mixes I saved from my gardens growing also! It’s so fun to grow your own and the fact that they bloom first year is a bonus! Thanks for the nice words! 💚

[@laurenecarter246]

Hahhhaaa you guys are hilarious! I feel like you, defending my plant purchases to my husband as well! He says our back patio is starting to look like an old lady's house with all the pots we have 😆

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Haha! Tell him not to look at the pots, it’s what’s growing in the pots that matters! 😂

[@alice_rabbit8345]

I just planted Lakota Santa Fe! So many pretty varieties !!

[@YardeningwithAnne]

Watching you makes me laugh because u are the person that is trapped inside me... I live in an apartment in houston tx and am dying for gardens and pollinators... I live through you with every video!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thank you! I can feel how badly you want to plant especially if your'e like me! Thanks for watching and hopefully soon you can have a little plot to garden in soon!

[@YardeningwithAnne]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs I love your daylillies I recently went out to my aunts ranch and planted some I got from Lowes and I got my inspiration for them from you .... wish I had all the beautiful ones you have!

[@sonictheheadshock756]

I like her passion i could listen to anyones passion with gardening all day long mabe because i got that passion too 😅😂

[@SiebMab]

Wow your garden 🪴 so beautiful 😻

[@mygardeninbloom]

Great video! Love your garden. I love the way cone flowers add so much color to our gardens and take so little effort! Amazing plants! Enjoy your day! 🌸

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes!!

[@rosesarered3904]

Love all the coneflowers! I'm going to start a bed for pollinators. Love your blouse and earrings!! Thanks!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thank you! Not too often i get to dress up ;-)

[@carolhendley760]

Your garden is amazing. Thanks for the info. Are you familiar with sweet coneflower? (also called Henry Eilers) It has quilled petals and gets up to 5 feet tall.

[@Dzakku]

I love the back and forth banter between you too!

[@Madonnalitta1]

Most Echinea is also great for herbal remedies. Pick plenty and it'll give you a good excuse to plant more!

[@shirlenehigbie5677]

I usually wear gloves when I am out and about in the garden .... so when I come across a Japanese Beetle ... I will catch them and smash them between my fingers .... I also have the trap out .... last year I nearly filled two bags full ... so this year ... so far ... I have way less of a half-of-a bag full ..... hoping that next year I won't see any ..... !!!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I feel your pain! If i have my gloves on, I do the same! Two full bags!! Wow! I do feel like the traps help... it makes me feel better to use them! Thanks for the comment!

[@snugglebear4eva]

Great video. Love your gardens.

[@CedarMountain925]

I agree with you and the Japanese beetle they are not native! my biggest pest is the cucumber beetle we squish the ones we find as well! We had a butterfly bush get taken over by painted lady caterpillars they went to town eating the plant. I let them because well… butterfly bush 🤷🏻‍♀️ once the caterpillars were gone I cut down the eaten branches and it is going through its second bloom and doing lovely! Bugs are going to bug! Thank you for all this info I’m so glad I stumbled upon your channel!!!

[@carolynmareck5112]

I purchased Pixie Scarlet last year…I put three in…they are GORGEOUS this year!! I’ll have to pay better attention, and see if they’re attracting pollinators or not!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Ooh they sound amazing! Yes- let us know! Glad they are performing well for you!

[@carolynmareck5112]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs …Bumblebees all over them today!

[@hammer86_]

Beautiful garden. But I have to disagree, purpurea isn't boring, it's the best! Also @17:02 they absolutely do have a wonderful sweet fragrance, at least purpurea does. I can smell mine from 5 feet away. I agree with you, butterflies are the best! Next year I'm gonna try raising Monarchs, since I think the birds got all my caterpillars this year. Fun fact: the variegated fritillary's scientific name comes from the Greek word meaning "easily scared" 🙂

[@shelbyhaynes8101]

You say butterflies are a passion and he continues to be condescending about them, I’m sorry I enjoy your excitement and passion for pollinators as I share the same passion, we need them they are vitally important to our ecosystem ❤

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

He's kidding... he loves them as much as I do. :-)

[@angelad3932]

I love coneflowers and this information is so useful. You and your husband are adorable. I want to hang out with you two!

[@jennifergehrke6858]

“Have little bug sex”… LOL!! I just got 3 for $10 of the boring pink coneflower at Lowe’s! I’m going back for the pow wow white. Your passion… love it! 🌺

[@WoodlandT]

“Butterflies are really just freeloaders!” 🦋👀 🤣

[@juneelliott8655]

Your gardens are Beautiful!

[@chillstudio545]

So sweet sharing 👍👍💖💖👍👍

[@lorikete5150]

Get that lady some Fragrant Angels! Great video!

[@country_boy_zone6b]

Tell your husband that your supporting local business so they can feed there families!...it might work...🤣..beautiful garden ..and thanks for all the info...I bought Fragrant Angel this year from mail order and she was quite small..I bought most from a local nursery and so far 2 are not what they are supposed to be..oh well..Wellsweep Herb Farm is where I got Fragrant Angel...enjoy your Summer!

[@gigiusa8634]

Thank you for linking the article.

[@juneelliott8655]

Love coneflowers. Got lots this year!

[@geauxtigers_8458]

You guys are awesome! Coneflowers have begun blooming here in Louisiana zone 8. Do you fertilize them in the Spring?

[@lindadeclue.2215]

I love coneflowers. What about all the little houses in your gardens. Can you do a video on those please. Thank you for sharing your garden.

[@bevolson5007]

Bev Olson Guiding Green Thumbs Thanks for your expression of how you felt about the echinaea's that you felt you had to pull out because you thought they were at risk. It helped me because I see you care about your plants and you are positive that they will live to go back in the ground. Thanks. I had to shift a cone flower and I have been working at shading it every day to give it a chance mid summer. My husband also teases me and it is quite demeaning for me . So I stand tall against it. Everything you say is good and my message to husband is CUT IT OUT. I guess he dosn't realise his comments are unecessary. He could turn the video off and ask you if he can say something. So this is for him. Shh because your good woman has to work too hard to to compensate for your put downs Bev

[@evergreengarden1M]

Very informative video Nice sharing

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks!

[@yangsu2235]

I have to say I cannot stop laughing.

[@jeannebutler2836]

i have the same rabbit problem. It helps when I stay Plantskydd. Problem is getting around to it with the big pump sprayer. I think I will buy a smaller spray bottle just for echinacea.. and go-ahead plant those gorgeous coneflowers again..

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes they can be a pain to use especially the larger ones. Good Luck! Dont give up- the little sprayer sounds like a plan!

[@jom1225]

Do you have any milkweed planted as a host for the monarch butterfly? You will see monarchs all over your yard if you do. Your garden is beautiful!

[@garykellogg2758]

"How many butterflies do we need around here" hahaha

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Who says that?!! Especially with a garden obsessed wife?! Hahahaha

[@kimberly8185]

All of them!!

[@veronicaalta9462]

Thanks for the article!

[@silencedflower8441]

I hope you’re collecting seeds. I never purchase plants... I grow them. Keep growing. 🌱🙏🏻

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes! I actually leave some seed heads for the birds and collect some seeds for giveaways I do on my Facebook Page. I grow coneflowers every year starting in February under grow lights, all from seeds I collect. Its a great project for the kids!

[@silencedflower8441]

Oh okay awesome. 😊 I realized I only have one variety. 🤔, I did not realize there were so many until recently. Now I have to expand my collection even more. I was those dark reds and whites. I had no idea what I was missing 😍

[@silencedflower8441]

Sorry, I’m not on fb. But love your gardens. Keep growing flower friend. 🌱🙏🏻 👏🏻4b💐🌱

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

@@silencedflower8441 You can also send to [e-mail] if you prefer … but no pressure either way!

[@rhondam7918]

Your gardens are beautiful! I'm so glad I found your channel and I'm taking notes. I just have to ask a non-flower question. Where did you find your whirligig? I need it in my life!!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

That was a gift from my brother during the holidays a couple years ago… Not sure where it was purchased, sorry!

[@laurieanne2791]

I love your gardens and very much enjoy hearing you speak so knowledgeably and passionately about your gardens - it’s why I subscribed, however, I do not enjoy your husband’s misogynistic and negative comments towards you - whenever he is involved in filming his comments inevitably turn to: “how much of MY money did you spend? Why are you buying more of that plant? It’s a good thing you are beautiful or you wouldn’t get away with spending that much money. When are you going to start making money on these plants?” Some commenters say it’s sarcasm on his part; even if this was the case there is truth in sarcasm. The fact he often has you responding defensively to his sarcasm and eventually becoming frustrated and/or diverting the conversation speaks to you being well versed in how to deal with these controlling behaviors. I know that just one person not watching videos with your husband involved means nothing but I feel listening to him treat you this way condones his behaviors. I do to hope to see more videos featuring only you giving us garden updates and sharing your wisdom. Your joy in the garden is positively contagious. I also hope your channel continues to succeed and the money you earn from the channel is acknowledged as your earned income.

[@CA-rx9ze]

Your husband sounds just like mine. I liked butterflies so I started a flower garden that just keeps getting larger. My husband mocks me oh you must have it for the butterflies and bees.

[@kimvannahking]

Teeeeheeee.."Sooooo butterflies are Really just freeloaders?!!!" Hilarious great video!!!

[@Smaime]

Japanese beetles are super a-holes. I have a bucket of soapy water that I bring around, knock them into it and let them drown 😬 They are more attracted to my grandpa ott morning glories than anything else in my gardens, so if you have the time to manage a million morning glory seedlings every spring it can help to keep them away from your other plants. 😅

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I feel your pain! I do the same! I hope there is a decline at some point but thats wishful thinking i think!

[@Flower_hoarder]

🦋🦋🌸🦋🦋BEAUTIFUL ‼️🦋🦋🌺🦋🦋

[@joycekuhlman4450]

Thank you for another great video. Research is the spice of life for gardening and trial and error. Just bought some sombera red and orange. It’s hot here and I have nothing but sun. Should I plant them now or just wait? And if I plant what would you recommend for care for temps in 3 digit.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I think getting them in the ground is probably preferable but either way, watering multiple times a day in those temps will be necessary... Once they establish they will not need so much maintenance. If you have the time to keep them watered, go ahead and plant. If you can keep them watered and maybe in the shade in the afternoon until you have more reasonable temps, that would work too!

[@veronica6685]

You are amazing!!

[@melissa7777]

Echinacea is a medical plant for humans, bugs and insects, so are other types of flowers like Hyssop officialis which actually heals them.

[@Redeleiser]

I don’t know what is going on, but I have almost no butterflies this year!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

We JUST started seeing them! We get Tiger Swallowtails early spring but have had nothing since the lilacs were in bloom. This is the first week for butterflies... hopefully they start showing up for you soon!

[@rosemownow]

Did you trim or cut back your echinacea or cone flowers in the early spring to keep them from getting super tall?

[@judywright5424]

What is the name of your poppies where do you but your seed since my grandson past away I can’t think on what I should I live in 7B when should I start to plant my flower seeds judy

[@robynmoxham4255]

I love coneflowers, but I have a tough time with rabbits, eating them. Any suggestions?

[@kimirvine6310]

When are we going to have a update on the new barn ?

[@katepopova5015]

I love coneflowers and I had planted many in my garden, but for some reason, the rabbits keep eating them to the ground and I am tired of spraying a repellent. ☹️😞 Great video!

[@janethayes1908]

I think it’s both concerning the husband.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Sorry to hear that, deer and rabbits are frustrating! If you buy the concentrate and mix it yourself, make it stronger than recommended. It helps!

[@kenakay6961]

Hey! you two, I enjoyed the video. I tried coneflowers this year and last year no luck. This last time I put them in compost and when I put miracle grow on them and it turned them black and they died. Last year I took them in the house to over winter them and that didn't work too. So I will again try again next year but I will put them in the ground and wait to give them miracle or should not when they are big? Oh!! and as your husband always says you and your garden look great, I like the high lights, it looks great. 😊

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thank you for the comment! What zone are you in and state? Sorry youre having so much trouble with them! Straight compost needs to be mixed with soil... generally nutrient rich soil can have up to 1/3 compost. Miracle-gro is not the best fertilizer because it can burn plants is the solution is too strong...(its also builds up chemicals in the soil which i'm not a fan of). I would stick to a fish emulsion like Neptunes Harvest Fish and Seawed blend or just top dress the garden where they are planted with compost (2" deep). I can send you seeds to start some for free if you want! (Just PM me your address on my Facebook page!) Thanks for noticing the highlighst, haha! I am in a wedding next weekend so i needed a little help. Thanks for watching! ;-)

[@kenakay6961]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs Oh Wow!! Thank you so much. I had very healthy roots from k van of 24 Echinacea Honeydew roots already growing this year and 5 of the new pretty colored ones from Jung seed. All as plants, my husband just said I keep killing them.🤦‍♀️ I am determined to grow them and this will help me with a collection of them. I'm not giving up, I will reorder the same ones next year. I'm in Buffalo NY zone 6A-6B. I will send my information to you under the name Jenny May on Facebook. Can I start the seeds now? Thank you again very much

[@GenXWitch67]

BAHAHAH…. AFTER 12 years, my hubby has given up on asking me why I bought any plant. I bought 78 plants in one day about six weeks ago. I just bought 25 more today. I’m going back tomorrow because this nursery is closing, all plants 75% off!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Omg!! Finally someone crazier than me! 😂😂 Those 75% off sales are perfect!!! So much fun!

[@chichama9147]

Doubles in flowers dont attract pollinators, because the reproduction organs like pollensack mutated into petals. They often dont carry nectar or pollen at all. Often arent able to carry seeds too

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes, true!

[@chichama9147]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs thank you so much by the way. Your Garden inspired me to replant some plants in different spots🤣 your garden is a paradise. Keep on this godly work!🥰

[@eseyfried79]

There are quite a few fragrant varieties of echinacea.

[@elizabeth6687]

Do you think you can do a video if you decide to grow echinacea from seed ? I plan on trying it this winter . I ordered some seeds from swallow tail seeds this fall , I am looking forward to it.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I did a seed starting one early in the winter of 2022, I go over some best practices and tips and container/soil. If you go back to the early months of this year in the video lost for my channel, you can find it there. 😊

[@feliciad.hutchins4507]

GIRL MATH!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harleyinred]

what butterfly was that

[@bellarosa009]

Can you show how you grow coneflower from seed? I never have luck with this.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Sure thing! One thing I will say, they want to be cold stratified (stick them in the fridge for a month before germination or try winter sowing) and they need light to germinate so do not bury your seeds all the way. Those are usually the two most common reasons poor germination happens with coneflowers. I do have a post on my Facebook page about starting them and the stages they grow… it’s from April 27, 2020. If you’re on FB message me so I can see your profile and I’ll tag you in it. It will answer lots of questions and you can see the stages.

[@bellarosa009]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs Great tip! Can't wait to see your video on growing these beauties from seed. 🙂

[@kokohan3148]

beautyfull

[@BeachBum53]

Tell hubby he shouldn't drink before the video!

[@user-gm9mi9xx3p]

what do you do about rabbits with the echinacea?

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I have never had an issue with rabbits 🐇 surprisingly! We have a dog that loves to chase wildlife, a healthy red fox population with dens just over the hillside and I use Liquid Fence Deer & Rabbit repellent (mainly for the deer) but I’m sure helps at night if they are around.

[@MadebyAwna]

do you put mulch in your garden??

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Normally yes, this year we didn’t have the time with all of the renovations happening so the weeds are taking advantage.

[@kalenclark]

Japanese beetles are bad here in Kentucky, too. They will completely ruin your plants - ALL of them. Some overnight!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Oh yeah... theres no delay with those jerks! They have no mercy!

[@cangel201]

They destroyed our plants, fruit trees crepe myrtles, raspberries. So, I started with the Milk Spores last spring, we still have two more applications, but we already saw a drastic decline of Japanese Beetles last summer.

[@johnlerario8068]

is that your real eye color or they contacts?

[@deanlollar8241]

I can't get coneflowers to survive.

[@svetlanapil8089]

Why not to grow them from seeds? Thats much cheaper.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I do! Take a look at my Facebook /Instagram pages... I just showed a reel with over 150 seedlings I started in February. :-) Some varieties don't come true from seed though, thats why I purchase.

[@deanlollar8241]

They are floating flowers.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I agree!

[@juneelliott8655]

Do you dead head your coneflowers, and if you do do they flower more?

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I do not deadhead much as I collect seeds and leave some for the finches to eat… they say if you do, you’ll get more bloom though. I don’t really see that in my gardens. I just let them do their thing (our season is pretty short anyway)

[@juneelliott8655]

Thank You

[@sudhansu9dm]

Love your show. Can you please redesign your logo please. Looks like mutant fingers!

[@Lily-ip7ee]

Hi new subscribers

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Hi! Welcome!

[@mercury_rising]

Maybe it’s just me judging from the comments, but the husband is eye-roll inducing. “How many butterflies do we need, around here?” The embodiment of dad jokes. Cringey as the kids say these days. 🙄

[@susanmcneil4817]

I love your video as, they are always so informative, but I would love them more if you could ask your husband to stay muted.

[@BM-fw4xt]

Tragedy equals opportunity. Lol

[@toddmiller3640]

No Cheyenne Spirit??!!!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

At the time of that video I had none… I have since added them in the patio garden. Love Cheyenne Spirit!

[@toddmiller3640]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs I manage a Nursery and I'm a coneflower nut. Cheyenne are prolly my favorite although I really like the Sombrero series as well

[@toddmiller3640]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs I'm not a huge fan of the doubles but if you can find sweet chili it is amazing

[@niqniq1871]

Lol. Is this an excuse to buy more 😂😂😂

[@glenncordova4027]

Hey, camera guy. I hope you appreciate that beautiful wife. 💋