Echinacea ‘Fresco Apricot’
Echinacea 'Fresco Apricot ' has semi-double flowers in apricot tones for a bicolour effect surrounding its large burnt-orange cones.
This Echinacea is no common coneflower! ‘Fresco Apricot’ enlivens the garden with delicious, semi-double zinnia-like blooms in bi-colours of salmons and pinks creating the apricot effect from summer to frost. Large burnt-orange cones crown the effect. A narrow and upright habit of 24 to 30 inches and 20 inch wide differs from other coneflowers. Use en masse for the border, in a mixed bed, and as a cut flower. 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: Asparagaceae (The Asparagus Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Orange
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
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Fragrance: Yes
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Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
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