Some photos of echinacea from my front yard.
For the record, it’s the first year I’ve been able to get my echinacea to actually bloom before the deer eat it to the ground. I’ve been using some spray called Deer Away and it works pretty well. It smells like mint and I guess deer don’t like mint. I’ve so enjoyed seeing these beautiful flowers grow….finally!
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I didn't realize there were so many colors! 
Thx for sharing!
Now that I can keep deer away, I plan to plant more of them.
Do you use as herb?
Here is 1 link:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/echinacea#:~:text=The%20bottom%20line-,Echinacea%20has%20been%20shown%20to%20improve%20immunity%2C%20blood%20sugar%2C%20anxiety,tolerated%20for%20short%2Dterm%20use.
Here is one for the flower essence (works at emotional /subtle level).
There is a practitioner mentioned here from Montana!
https://www.fesflowers.com/echinacea-strength-for-body-mind-health/
Enjoy the journey! 
I’ll definitely enjoy the journey.
These are such beautiful flowers! And you even persuaded a butterfly to come aboard!
Wonderful!
I'm sure the deer aren't starving, and now we get to see your flowers bloom.
Thank you!
Those deer are always lurking…
here and there in my yard too. He ate the new fronds on my ferns this past spring. He either moved on or something bigger ate him…I saw his prints in the dirt for a couple weeks then poof no more prints. I hop your chicken wire does the trick.
