Echinacea 'CHIQUITA'
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Echinacea 'CHIQUITA'
coneflower
coneflower
SIZE/TYPE | mid-sized perennial |
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USUAL HEIGHT | 0.3-0.5m |
USUAL WIDTH | 0.4-0.6m |
LEAVES | deciduous broadleaf |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
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FLOWERS | showy |
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BLOOMING TIME | July - October |
LOCATION | full sun |
USDA zone (lowest) | 4 (down to -34°C) |
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FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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Perennials Summer blooms |
Chiquita is a rather small coneflower with large, pastel yellow flowers. They are 10-12 cm across, and come out from late July until early October. The flowers are slightly fragrant and attractive for butterflies, bumble bees as well as bees that can also find a way to get some nectar from their cone-like discs. Deadheading will prolong blooming time and enhance production of new flower buds. Leaves are deep green, broadly lanceolate and may suffer from diseases if grown in wet or compacted soil.
Chiquita coneflower is a hybrid variety bred by a young and successful breeder Harini Korlipara of Terra Nova Nurseries in Oregon, USA. It was patented under PP24,505 in 2012.The plant is usually trouble-free and resistant, just be careful is slugs are present in your garden. Since coneflowers emerge quite late, often when slugs are already in their lethal strength, they could gobble up newly emerging foliage totally and thus destroy the plant before it even comes out.
Coneflower will tolerate almost any soil type but boggy. It loves full sun. It is suitable for mixed borders with perennials, or can be used as a flowering feature among low shrubs and conifers, and looks lovely when planted in a mass in a container on patios and balconies. Fully hardy to min -34°C (USDA zone 4).
Last update 14-08-2014
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