Echinacea 'Sunrise' (PBR) (Big Sky Series)
coneflower
£0.00
- size:
- 9cm pot
- available within:
- Position: full sun
- Soil: most soils, except very dry or boggy
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to September
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A lovely, glowing cultivar, its flattish green and orange central cones are surrounded by citrus yellow petals and sit on top of sturdy, dark leaved stems. The flowers have a delicious scent. Like other coneflowers, it is long-flowering and will cope well with adverse weather conditions, except drought. Try it dotted through a sunny, mixed border or in bold drifts among grasses where it will extend the season of of interest. It is attractive to bees and butterflies, and birds will flock to the seedheads.
- Garden care: Lift and divide congested colonies in autumn or spring. In autumn cut back all dead flower stems to the ground. Coneflowers benefit from a spring or autumn mulch with well-rotted compost.
- Eventual Height: 0.9m
- Eventual Spread: 0.6m