It’s been really hot all summer, and very dry. Hardly any rain in June or July. Many of the perennials were looking pretty shabby, until a recent rainfall did some amazing things. I have never seen anything like this. The purple coneflowers throughout the yard began sprouting new growth from the spent seedheads. They are actually quite beautiful.
Pretty much every clump of them has at least one head doing this. I’m not sure what they will do next, whether those are flowers or new plantlets. But for now, pretty special.
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Turns out this is a disease called Aster Yellows. Not a good thing, but I'm not sure how bad. Seeing as how it is everywhere in the yard, I may not have coneflowers next year.
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