Orange Meadowbrite™ Coneflower
Echinacea 'Art's Pride' P.P.# 15090
A first for Echinacea - blood orange flowers and sweet orange tea fragrance. A widely adaptable native that's disease resistant and stands up to late summer heat. Essential to beds, borders, wild gardens and containers. Herbaceous perennial.
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Patent Act: | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growth 2 to 3 feet tall and as wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Flower attributes: | Flowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Butterflies, North American Native, Waterwise |
| Flower color: | Orange |
| Blooms: | Late summer through fall |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 2022 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
The quintessential component of the American meadow and prairie garden. Blend with grasses or nestle into stream bed banks at boulders for a wild garden composition. A valuable late season bloomer for the traditional perennial border. Superior pick-me-up for tired foundation planting. Equally well suited to casual country gardens along picket fences or in mixed borders. New orange coloring extends it into tropical garden themes with hot colored exotics.
History
Echinacea is a wildflower hallmark of the American prairie that's made its mark on gardens. 'Art's Pride" was bred by Dr. Jim Ault, Director of Ornamental Plant Research at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. This is the first variety to offer a new flower color to the traditionally pink-petalled species.
Lore
Echinacea root was discovered by Native Americans within its range for healing properties. In recent years science has confirmed that the root contains chemicals that stimulate the immune system. Coneflowers are part of the American prairie plant communities and are a well documented bird habitat plant.
A first for Echinacea - blood orange flowers and sweet orange tea fragrance. A widely adaptable native that's disease resistant and stands up to late summer heat. Essential to beds, borders, wild gardens and containers. Herbaceous perennial.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
The quintessential component of the American meadow and prairie garden. Blend with grasses or nestle into stream bed banks at boulders for a wild garden composition. A valuable late season bloomer for the traditional perennial border. Superior pick-me-up for tired foundation planting. Equally well suited to casual country gardens along picket fences or in mixed borders. New orange coloring extends it into tropical garden themes with hot colored exotics.
History
Echinacea is a wildflower hallmark of the American prairie that's made its mark on gardens. 'Art's Pride" was bred by Dr. Jim Ault, Director of Ornamental Plant Research at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. This is the first variety to offer a new flower color to the traditionally pink-petalled species.
Lore
Echinacea root was discovered by Native Americans within its range for healing properties. In recent years science has confirmed that the root contains chemicals that stimulate the immune system. Coneflowers are part of the American prairie plant communities and are a well documented bird habitat plant.
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant type: | Perennial |
| Patent Act: | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growth 2 to 3 feet tall and as wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Flower attributes: | Flowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Butterflies, North American Native, Waterwise |
| Flower color: | Orange |
| Blooms: | Late summer through fall |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 2022 |
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