Echinacea Eye-Catcher ‘Tanager’
Echinacea Eye-Catcher 'Tanager' is a single coneflower with large, fragrant, orange flowers with dark cones.
Echinacea ‘Tanager’ is a coneflower that offers fragrant, 3.5 inch wide, single, overlapping petals in tangerine-orange shades with big dark cones. A prolific bloomer all summer long on well-branched stems with lance-shaped foliage, plants will reach 22 to 24 inches tall with a 16 to 18 inch spread. Part of the Eye-Catcher collection bred for big, single flowers in bold colours with better basal branching and horizontal petals. Use in the middle of the border, in containers, and the vase. Provides seeds for overwintering 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: Orange
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
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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