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Color Coded One in a Melon: A dreamy new coneflower for 2023

Coneflowers like Color Coded, One in a Melon creates a wild kingdom in miniature. Here is a small Green Anole on the front flower is carefully watching a small Whirlabout skipper butterfly on the coneflower in the back.
Photo by Norman Winter

Color Coded One in a Melon: A dreamy new coneflower for 2023
Color Coded One in a Melon: A dreamy new coneflower for 2023

This dark form female Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterfly creates the perfect contrast as she feeds on the Color Coded, One in a Melon coneflower which makes its debut in 2023.
Photos by Norman Winter

Color Coded One in a Melon: A dreamy new coneflower for 2023

This Cloudless Sulphur butterfly creates nature’s version of the monochromatic color scheme as it feeds on Color Coded, One in a Melon coneflower.

Color Coded One in a Melon: A dreamy new coneflower for 2023

The first instant I saw the coneflower, I thought it was one in a million with its giant five-inch-plus golden blooms that at first reminded me of a gloriosa daisy. I am talking about the new Color Coded One in a Melon coneflower making its debut next year. Last week I told you about the new Double Coded or double coneflowers Butter Pecan and Raspberry Beret, but this week, at The Garden Guy’s house, the wild kingdom is being played out on the Color Coded One in a Melon plants.

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