i am also in NC. this is my first year with coneflowers. my goal was to keep them in large (5 gallon) flower pots. just a few weeks after planting they started dying. bottom leaves brown and crunchy. if was definitely not from lack of water- and i don't think i overwatered either. anyway, after one completely died--I went ahead and planted them in the ground today.
I don't know what will happen now.
i am also in NC. this is my first year with coneflowers. my goal was to keep them in large (5 gallon) flower pots. just a few weeks after planting they started dying. bottom leaves brown and crunchy. if was definitely not from lack of water- and i don't think i overwatered either. anyway, after one completely died--I went ahead and planted them in the ground today.
I don't know what will happen now.