Echinacea v Rudbeckia ?

Hi Verdun, I have "Mistral" bought a good size pot, not one of those tiny 9cm diameter ones. Have mixed sand into soil and chose the sunniest spot...
Did you suggest to overwinter it inside, to stop it flowering early, did i get your meaning right there?
I could as well leave it outside and give it a cut in late spring to prevent early flowering?

 

coreopsis are the first as far as I know, hardy, easy, look nice with late tulips and honesty. but they kind of go dormant or weak in the summer (their way of growing), so you wont have to many leaves then (unless you get a wet year like we've had)
I prefer the lower varieties, but don't know the name of mine, its not more than 1 foot when flowering, otherwise just 10 inch

 

How about Taraxacum offinale?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraxacum

 

getting naughty already are we CL1?

 

They're my favourite. Hard to get to flower though.

 

Clueless I have used that joke for years? Madahhlia, keep it inside for winter. Sand in hole? Erm! I tried that couple years back thinking echinaceas needed very free draining soil but they want good soil. Sunshine yes. In spring incorporate compost of some sort into hole, decent size hole, don't let other plants encroach too much, feed with organic fertiliser, water well in, mulch. Let it grow but don't allow any flowering til mid summer. Don't let it dry out too much.