Aug 202012
 

IMB advises against use of echinacea for children
Newstalk 106-108 fm
The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has issued new advice against the use of certain herbal remedies on children. It is now recommending that herbal products containing echinacea should not be used on children under 12-years-old. It follows a review of of ...

Aug 202012
 

NutraIngredients.com

UK warns under-12s off Echinacea over allergy concerns
NutraIngredients.com
The UK medicine regulator has warned that the anti-cold and flu herb, Echinacea, is not suitable for children under the age of 12 due to potentially “severe” allergic reactions. Echinafore Junior: Being relabelled over allergy concerns in young ...

Jul 252012
 

Four-season Gardening Series Continues
Aledo Times Record
It all started harmlessly with Purple coneflower, Echinacea purprurea. Breeders started to discover crosses between different Echinacea species offering unusual flowers and colors and the explosion began! 'Razzamatazz' was the first unusual flower ...

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Jul 102012
 

Hot Summer? Try a 'Tangerine Dream', 'Guava Ice' or 'Snow Cone'
Patch.com
My roving eye has once again returned to coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea). They are perennial plants (so I don't need to replace them each year), native to North America (and therefore beneficial to pollinators), bloom from June through August, and ...

Jul 052012
 

Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Wellware Collections & Loop Present The Winter Kit
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
After a decade of clinical experience, Stephanie has found the blend, which she is using to create Wellware's Liquid Echinacea, to be the most effective. A high quality, potent combination of two subspecies of Echinacea, the blend balances both the ...

Jul 052012
 

On Gardening: PowWow Wild Berry a coneflower for the ages
Kansas City Star
PowWow Wild Berry is like the little engine that could or the small thoroughbred racehorse with the big heart that wins the race. It is small and compact by Echinacea standards but produces an incredibly large number of flowers and over a long period ...

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Jun 202012
 

Echinacea – The 'blood purifier'
WellBeing (blog)
Echinacea angustifolia has become a popular medicine used by alternative therapists and the general public for 'strengthening' the immune system or for conditions related to immune dysfunction such as colds, flu, and susceptibility to infections. In ...

Jun 192012
 

Janesville Gazette (blog)

Armadillos! Also, a floral and watering update
Janesville Gazette (blog)
Here's what's on my desk this week: Knautia, snapdragons, bellflower, delphinium, yarrow, Echinacea and hosta. Got an e-mail from my sister in Birmingham, Ala. Here's her garden update: “My garden has someone going through it pretty vigorously.

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Jun 012012
 

Butterfly gardens are a fun family project
Washington Post
Simple flowers such as varieties of echinacea, daisies, asters and even some violets can serve as butterfly-friendly snacking spots. “Even one or two plants like ...

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