Coneflower
Echinacea 'Tomato Soup'
Common Name: Coneflower
Genus: Echinacea
Cultivar: 'Tomato Soup'
Category: Perennials
Height: 0.80 m (80 cm)
Spread: 0.45 m (45 cm)
Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Average
Flowering Period: June to September
Long Flowering Period
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Red
Sun/Shade: Full sun
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light or Chalky/Alkaline
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Features: Makes good cut flowers, Good for wildlife, Long flowering period
This vigorous recently introduced cultivar produces bright red flowers up to 12cm across on upright branching stems. These appear for a long period from midsummer and are very appealing to all kinds of wildlife. If you remove the spent flowers as they fade it will encourage lots more to follow and therefore prolong the display well into autumn.
- Garden care: Lift and divide congested colonies in autumn or spring. In autumn cut back all dead flower stems to the ground.
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