| Description | A shorter Echinacea with plants blooming first year from seed. |
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| Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah)(pur-pur-EE-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | best in full, mostly sunny, light shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates dry once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dislikes wet winter soils |
| Flowers | 4-6 inch wide, rose-pink shades |
| Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | green, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Stems | stout stem, has coarse white hairs |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 24 inches tall, space 18 inches on center, compact, well branched |
| Maintenance | will reseed in the garden, cut back stout stem in fall or leave for winter interest |
| Propagation | will flower first year from seed, division |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by S&G Flowers and received the 2007 Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner |
| Misc Facts | Echinacea from the Greek term for hedgehog, referring to the spiky appearance of the flower head |
| Author's Notes | Echinacea have beautiful flowers, now available in a wide range of colors. The foliage is on the coarse side and many times starts to fade a way or deteriorate sooner than other plants. Using in combination with other plants will help mask these problems. I like to leave the flower heads on during the winter, since birds will dine on the seeds |
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