Family: Asteraceae
Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea Double Scoop series
Common Name: Double Scoop series of Coneflowers
Description | A series of Coneflower with double flowers. |
Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
Sunlight | best in full, mostly sunny, light shade |
Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
Soil & Site | average, tolerates drier conditions once established, dislikes wet winter soils |
Flowers | cushion of flowers in the center, petals (ray flowers), Lemon Cream, Raspberry, Cranberry, Bubble Gum, Orangeberry |
Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
Leaves | green, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
Dimensions | 20-24 by 18-20 inches (HS) |
Maintenance | may reseed in the garden, many times reseeded plants will not be the same as parents, cut back stout stem in fall or leave for winter interest |
Propagation | patented plants, division, seeds will be different from the parent |
Misc Facts | Echinacea from the Greek term for hedgehog, referring to the spiky appearance of the flower head. |
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