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Exciting new arrivals for 2024. This trio of attention seekers is almost unrivalled for stunning colours and enchantingly shaped blooms. Each flower of the Inventive Echinacea purpurea Collection has a generous, tufty top which is accompanied by a skirt of reflexed petals for dramatic, windswept impact. The magical blooms first emerge in June and keep blooming right through to October, with a little strategic deadheading to encourage further production. As sweet and sugary looking as their namesakes – flowers are a pull for bees, butterflies and other garden pollinators hunting for a feast. Your colourful Inventive Echinacea purpurea Collection comprises ‘Lemon Drop’ with a glorious twist of citrus yellow (H: 45cm S: 60cm); ‘Marmalade’ with a joyful orange tang to its robust and ragged petals (H: 70cm S: 60cm); and sumptuous ‘Southern Belle’ in rich shades of magenta pink (H: 90cm S: 75cm). Echinacea prefer a moist, well-drained soil of any kind except heavy clay. Position in full
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Echinacea purpurea Lemon Drop P9 | Echinacea purpurea ‘Southern Belle’ 9cm pot | Echinacea purpurea ‘Marmalade’ 9cm pot |
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| Latin Name | Echinacea purpurea ‘Lemon Drop’ 9cm pot | ||
| Common Name | Coneflower | ||
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) | ||
| Colour | Yellow | ||
| Type | Perennial | ||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.45 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.60 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing | ||
| Drought Tolerant | Yes | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||
| Good for cutting | Yes |
