Hi, Denise: If you can find absolutely no trace of the plants, including stems and leaves, you may indeed have a mystery on your hands—unless you live in Area 51, that is, and this is some kind of X-Files thing. But echinacea is tasty to a lot of critters, and many will just haul away the seedhead—and sometimes anything attached to it—for further inspection elsewhere. Our guess? Deer. Thanks for asking!
Hi, Denise: If you can find absolutely no trace of the plants, including stems and leaves, you may indeed have a mystery on your hands—unless you live in Area 51, that is, and this is some kind of X-Files thing. But echinacea is tasty to a lot of critters, and many will just haul away the seedhead—and sometimes anything attached to it—for further inspection elsewhere. Our guess? Deer. Thanks for asking!