Echinacea SUNSEEKERS 'Scarlet'

SunSeekers is a coneflower series of several flower colours all of which are stunning, rich, and non-fading. Plants have exceptional vigour and dense habit. SunSeekers Scarlet produces flowers of a unique shade combining scarlet red and some warm orange hues. They are borne atop strong, green stems which widen at the top. The cone is rather flat, golden orange at the bottom with dark red tips. SunSeekers coneflowers have strong and rather short stems with dark green, narrowly lanceolate leaves.

Flowering begins in early July and continues until early autumn. If you have seedlings you can expect flowers from the first year. They attract butterflies, bumble bees, and bees, too, can find a way to suck some nectar from them. Regular deadheading will promote formation of new buds and flowers.

The plant is usually trouble-free and resistant, just be careful if 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. Fertilizing will help especially young plants establish, and continuous production of flowers. Fully hardy to min -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 17-06-2017