Echinacea tennesseensis SEO the Chipola River coreopsis

the Chipola River coreopsis

For the gardener the rose-gentian is a specialist's delight for the sunny edge of a pond

In the wild Correll's obedient plant is a streamside specialist

and this camellia has grown and performed well in the Woodlanders garden

Set Small's beardtongue in a rock garden

Echinacea tennesseensis SEO the Chipola River coreopsisSome plants are grown for beauty; a few are grown for the story of their survival, and Echinacea tennesseensis, the Tennessee coneflower, is one of the latter. Endemic to a handful of limestone cedar glades around Nashville, the species was once believed extinct, then rediscovered in the middle of the twentieth century clinging to those thin, sun baked soils. The Tennessee coneflower went on to become one of the first plants ever listed under the U.