Garden number four belongs to Linda McCann in Slave Lake. She plants only perennials. The garden includes trees and bushes, lilies and other flowering plants, but no petunias or other common annuals.
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A web search revealed that the cultivated variety comes from a North American species.
Floristan white flowers can be 32 in. tall with a 18 in. plant. One plant can cover an area of 18 in. It is fast growing and can live up to 10 years. It likes full sunlight and can survive in dry and damp locations. It prefers acidic soils. If the leaves go yellow it is possible the soil is alkaline.
Most coneflowers like the deep orange ones in the above photo have one colour from middle to tip on their petals.
McCann shops at various greenhouses to find the best perennials for her garden.
