Family: Asteraceae

Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea Flame Thrower

Common Name: Flame Thrower Coneflower

DescriptionA Coneflower hybrid with bicolored flame orange flowers.
Pronunciation(eh-kin-AA-cee-ah)
Plant TypeAll Plants, Perennials Hardy
Hardiness Zone4-8
Sunlightbest in full, mostly sunny, light shade
Moistureaverage, tolerates drier conditions once established
Soil & Siteaverage, dislikes wet winter soils
Flowerspetals (ray flowers), bi colored orange, rusty brown center
Fruitachene's in the dried center disk
Leavesgreen, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller
Stemsstiff, hairy
Rootsfiborous
Dimensionsup to 3 feet
Maintenancemay 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
Propagationdivision
Cultivar OriginTerra Nova Nursery USA, 2009
Misc FactsEchinacea from the Greek term for hedgehog, referring to the spiky appearance of the flower head
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