Coneflowers

Some plants have flowers with no petals- just the ball. Is this another variety of the coneflower? Sometines the plant has both petaled flowers and the balls. Otherwise, it looks healthy.

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#1 Comment By Susan75023 On 07/25/2011 @ 5:58 pm

I think what you are seeing are spent (completed) flowers. Cut the seedheads (what you refer to as balls) off to extend the season of your coneflowers.

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