Echinacea Eye-Catcher ‘Canary Feathers’

Echinacea Eye-Catcher 'Canary Feathers' is a single coneflower with large, fragrant flowers with yellow horizontal petals.

Echinacea ‘Canary Feathers’ is a coneflower with fragrant, five inch wide, single flowers in yellow shades with big yellow and green cones. It is a prolific bloomer all summer long on well-branched stems with lance-shaped foliage. Plants will reach 18 to 20 inches tall with a 14 to 16 inch spread. Part of the Eye-Catcher collection bred for big, single flowers in bold colours and better basal branching with horizontal petals. Use in the middle of the border, in containers, and in the vase. Great winter interest and seeds for over-wintering birds. Echinacea in coastal BC should be planted in hot, dry, sunny spots with thin, average to poor soils for best overwintering. Pollinator attractor. Deer resistant.

Common Name:  Coneflower

Family:  Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)

Zone Hardiness:  4-8

Light:  Full Sun

Height:  12-24"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Yellow

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Green

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

Bloom Time:  Summer

Soil Moisture:  Average, Dry

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Fragrance:  Yes

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Benefits:  Bees Butterflies

Deer Resistant:  Yes

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.

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