Product Description
Echinacea Summer Sky('Katie Saul' PP18783)Common Name: Coneflower; Series Name: Big Sky Series
Zones 4 to 8.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach to 30 to 36 inches tall and to 18 to 24 inches wide ;
Clumping habit.
Growth rate: Moderate.
The first bicolor Echinacea produces huge flowers up to 5 inches across that are light orange with a rose colored halo and an orange cone. Tall, very stout stems produce wonderful fresh cut bouquets. A prolific bloomer, flowers are delightfully fragrant; the most fragrant coneflower in the series.
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. If deadheaded, the bloom cycle will be extended. However, some spent blooms should be left on the plants in fall because their seeds provide winter food for finches and other birds. The dried seed heads also provide interest in the winter. Deer resistant.
Thirty (30) plants per flat (or tray). Approximate Plug Measurements: 3 inches deep x 2 inches wide.