Echinacea Purple Coneflower are elegant perennial with lance-shaped leaves and large daisy-like blooms with prominent, conical centres that blooms beautifully in summer.
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
Type: Hardy Perennial
Height: Up to 48in
Light: Full Sun
Habit: Bushy, Tall, Upright
Sow indoors for surest results, February-May, 1.5cm (½”) deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse, or on a warm kitchen windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant individually, when large enough to handle, to 7.5cm (3") pots. Always hold seedlings by a leaf, never by the stem. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out into well-drained soil, May-October, spacing 40cm (16") apart. Or, sow outdoors in a seed bed, May-July, 1.5cm (½”) deep, into finely-prepared, well-drained soil, which has already been watered. Keep moist and weed free. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart, before planting out to flowering position in autumn. Flowers: June-September.
Mature plants may be divided in spring or autumn, while they are dormant, to increase your stock of this beautiful perennial. Tolerates dry conditions.
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