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Roadside Gifts


One of the joys of traveling for me is seeing the different flora and fauna of the places we visit.  Here are some gifts from last week's trek across Missouri.




Every year, I plant Echinacea purpurea (coneflower) and every year it dies.  I'm thinking our clay soil is not where it wants to live.  So I improve the soil and keep planting.  Maybe they will make it this year.


What's not to love about a place that produces coneflowers seemingly without any effort?  They wave and smile to me from the side of the road.

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  1. MichelleMay 16, 2012 at 7:51 AM

    The department of conservation even has a time set aside that you can go and harvest some. Thanks for sharing more of your trip to Missouri, I grew up north of Kansas City and miss it, I now live in Kentucky(I'm an army wife) and was thinking of planting some purple coneflowers because I really like them, but am now rethinking that with the same red clay soil, so different to work with than the rich black soil I grew up with.

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  2. Faith, Folklore, and FriendsMay 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM

    Clay doesn't drain well, and I have killed many plants because they don't like 'wet feet'. Planting in raised beds help. Thanks for your kind words.

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