Last summer I had magnificent displays of coneflower. They take 2 years to come to bloom, so it was a long wait and well worth the wait. But I thought once I had gotten them established so successfully that every year would be a beautiful display. No. They all but disappeared in the Star Garden where I was so very proud of them. And the display was weak in the Orchard where I had several magnificent stands of of coneflower the summer before. Hopes dashed again. I suspect but do not know for certain, that the voles did them in. Echinacea has a tap root. Tap roots are very delicious fare for a vole. But coneflower is still here and there in the Orchard. I expect that now I will always have some. But perhaps never as dazzling a display as I had that one wonderful summer.
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