echinacea x 'tomato soup' (red coneflower)
$24.95
- tomato-red flowers with a dark, contrasting eye
- fragrant flowers
- upright, clumping, dark green foliage
- bloom time: mid-summer to frost
- zone 4
- height 55-80cm
- spread 60-70cm
- colour red
- echinacea thrives in an average to moist, well-drained soil, in full sun to partial shade
- they are drought tolerant once established and adaptable to heat and poor soils
- taller cultivars may grow leggy and require staking if grown in dense shade
- regular deadheading is recommended to improve appearance, but not necessary to increase bloom time
- direct, sun exposure helps develop proper, flower pigmentation
- pay special attention to plant depth: crown must be at or slightly above soil level
- full sun, partial sun/shade
- attracts butterflies
- attracts birds
- deer resistant
- long blooming
- fragrant
- (image courtesy of NVK nurseries, NVK holdings inc.)