CNB Perennial Information Show, Lisse, NL.

[Lvandelft]

Last Friday there was in the same Show Hall, where the Weekly Flowershow in Lisse is held,
the yearly Perennial Show of CNB Greenteam, where producers can show their products
and/or novelties of perennials.
CNB Greenteam is a intermediaries agency for perennials in the Netherlands.
First some Astilbe of the relatively new Music Series and one older cultivar:
         
Astilbe Boogie Woogie             
Astilbe Diamonds and Pearls               
Astilbe Drum and Bass         
Astilbe Rhythm and Beat             

Astilbe Red Sentinel

[Lvandelft]

Then some other plants not often seen:

Aconitum Cloudy             
Agastache Summerglow     
Hedychium densiflorum Assam Orange       
Hedychium densiflorum Stephen         
Ratibida columnifera   

[Lvandelft]

And finally some Echinacea where the range of colours since the last 10 years extemely
changed.
A great challenge for breeders seem to be the "double"forms.
Here I show one of the most recent cultivars.
The second picture shows how the flower starts to open and the last one
shows the final colour, which is dark orange.

Echinacea     
Echinacea Hot Papaya 1         
Echinacea Hot Papaya 2       

[Armin]

Impressive perennials, a fireworks of colors, fiting to autumn and best placed in an open garden.

[Gerdk]

Luit,
Super show. Love the Hedychium and of course the Ratibida especially.

Gerd

[fermi de Sousa]

Luit,
Fantastic stuff - those astilbes look like fairy floss!
I especially like that Agastache "Summerglow".
Keep up the good work on letting us see all these wonders.
cheers
fermi

[Lvandelft]

Thanks for the nice comments!
Fermi, I do what I can. Not difficult, because I love to see the development in plants. 

[David Nicholson]

I've not heard of Ratibida before, how tall does it grow please Luit

[Lvandelft]

I've not heard of Ratibida before, how tall does it grow please Luit

David, this plant was in a square 9 cm. pot and about 25 cm.
Therefore I presume it will become about 50 cm.
I never saw it before here too.

[David Nicholson]

Thank you Luit.

[Gerdk]

David, Luit,
Saw the Ratibida in Erich Pasche's garden last Saturday - a height of more than 1 m.
Although it looks a little bit leggy it was a spectacular plant because of its outstanding flowers.

Gerd

[Lvandelft]

Although it looks a little bit leggy

That's why I hoped it was not higher than 50 cm. 
But I really did not know.

[Brian Ellis]

I've not heard of Ratibida before

Sometimes seen in seed packets for plants for children to grow   as 'The Mexican Hat Plant', now I wonder why

[David Nicholson]

Far too tall for my windy garden, thank you Gerd.

[Lesley Cox]

I'm pretty sure there were pics of a much larger, yellow Ratibida species among Kristl's postings. Maybe to about 1.8 metres?