Family: Asteraceae
Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea Double Scoop series
Common Name: Double Scoop series of Coneflowers
| Description | A series of Coneflower with double flowers. |
| Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | best in full, mostly sunny, light shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average, tolerates drier conditions once established, dislikes wet winter soils |
| Flowers | cushion of flowers in the center, petals (ray flowers), Lemon Cream, Raspberry, Cranberry, Bubble Gum, Orangeberry |
| Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | green, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Dimensions | 20-24 by 18-20 inches (HS) |
| Maintenance | may 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 |
| Propagation | patented plants, division, seeds will be different from the parent |
| Misc Facts | Echinacea from the Greek term for hedgehog, referring to the spiky appearance of the flower head. |
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