Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022
Common Name: Coneflower
Zones 4 to 9.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 30 to 36 inches tall and 24 to 30 inches wide;
Clumping habit.
Growth rate: Moderate.
From mid through late summer, highly fragrant, 3 inch, spicy red-orange flowers bloom with a papaya orange halo in the pom-pom center. The plant forms a strong, sturdy clump with robust, deep green foliage and thick stems with maroon markings.
Praised for their cheerful brightly colored flowers, coneflowers are a mainstay in today's garden. Be sure to leave some spent blooms on the plants in the fall because their seeds provide winter food for finches and other birds. Dried seed heads also provide winter interest.
Coneflowers like it sunny and hot. Though they will tolerate light shade, fewer flowers will be produced and the plants will be weakened. Light, loamy soils are best but coneflowers will grow in any well-drained soil. Once established, they are quite drought tolerant.
Excellent as a border plant, in mass or containers, as cut flower or foliage, dried flower or seed heads; fragrant flowers attract butterflies. Three foot tall, 'Hot Papaya' is a good choice for the middle of the flower border. Deer resistant. |
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