Breeder's Coneflower Mixture

Description

The Breeder's Coneflower Mixture offers a stunning assortment of Echinacea purpurea varieties, designed to bring a diverse range of colors, shapes, and sizes to your garden. This premium mix is hand-selected by breeders for its superior genetics, ensuring a vibrant display of blooms throughout the summer and fall. With its rich blend of hues, from traditional purples to more unique pinks, whites, and oranges, this mixture is perfect for gardeners looking to add an eye-catching, pollinator-friendly feature to their landscape.

Features:

• Premium Variety Mix: The Breeder's Coneflower Mixture includes a range of colors and flower forms, providing a beautiful assortment of purples, pinks, whites, and oranges, each with a distinctive spiky cone center.
• Pollinator Friendly: This mixture is highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, making it a great addition to create a wildlife-friendly garden.
• Long-Lasting Blooms: The coneflowers in this mix bloom from mid-summer to fall, providing months of vibrant color in your garden or landscape.
• Superior Genetics: Carefully selected by breeders for top-notch performance, the flowers are known for their strong stems, larger blooms, and vibrant colors.
• Heat and Drought Tolerant: Echinacea varieties in the mixture are heat and drought-tolerant, making them ideal for low-maintenance gardens, especially in sunny or dry spots.
• Deer Resistant: Like all coneflowers, this mix is naturally resistant to deer, ensuring that the blooms remain intact and unaffected by wildlife browsing.

Specifications:

• Plant Type: Perennial
• Height: 24–36 inches (60–90 cm) depending on the variety
• Spread: 18–24 inches (45–60 cm)
• Bloom Time: Mid-summer to fall
• Soil: Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil
• Sun Requirements: Full sun
• Planting Depth: 1/4 inch (0.5 cm)
• Hardiness Zone: 3–9

Planting Instructions:

1. Choose a sunny location with well-drained soil for optimal growth.
2. Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep and space them 12–18 inches apart to allow for proper air circulation and room to grow.
3. Water the seeds gently after planting to keep the soil moist until they germinate. Once established, coneflowers are drought-tolerant and require minimal watering.
4. Deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage additional flowering and a neat appearance.
5. Cut back stems in late fall to prepare the plant for winter dormancy, which will support fresh growth in the spring.