Cheyenne Spirit Echinacea

2013 All American Selection winner. First-year blooming, 24 weeks after sowing, and first of its kind offered from seed. Intensely bright 3-4” flowers in a wide range of colors: pink, purple, red, and orange tones to lighter yellows and white. Well branching, stocky, durable plants grow to 24”. Once established, they hold up to drought, heat, wind, and rain. Perennial. Zone 4-9.

15 seeds

PLANTING

Echinacea Purpurea

Perennial, zones 4-9

Germination: 10-21 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 70-75ºF.

Seed Planting Depth: Sow ⅛” deep

Starting Indoors: Start indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost. Provide 70-75ºF soil temperature. Transplant after the last frost, 18-24" apart. 

Sowing Outdoors: Mid-spring and fall

Growth Habit: Upright

Height and Width: 24-30" by 18-24"

Spacing:  18-24" apart

Light Needs:  Full sun

Soil Needs: Average, well-drained

Approximate days to flower from seed: Blooms in the first season when started early indoors, mid to late summer thereafter.

Uses: Flower beds, cottage and wildflower gardens, cut flowers, attracts pollinators and birds

Care: Water seedlings regularly until established. Amend the soil with compost before transplanting. Cut back stems as the blooms fade; this encourages more flower production. Don’t cut the plant down in fall; leave the edible seedheads up for the birds