Echinacea Sombrero ‘Adobe Orange’

Echinacea Sombrero 'Adobe Orange' in a coneflower with intense orange flowers with dark orange cones.

Echinacea Sombrero ‘Adobe Orange’ is a hybrid coneflower with intense orange flowers with dark orange cones against dark green foliage. The Sombrero Series offers well-branched, dwarf plants which produce lots of flowers all summer long with a mounding habit of 18-20 inches tall and wide. Echinacea in coastal BC should be planted in hot, dry, sunny spots with thin, average to poor soils for best overwintering. Drought tolerant once established. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Deer resistant.

Common Name:  Coneflower

Family:  Asteraceae (The Asteraceae Family)

Zone Hardiness:  4-9

Light:  Full Sun, Part Sun

Height:  12-24"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Orange

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Orange

Bloom Time:  Summer

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

Soil Moisture:  Average, Dry

Stem Colour:  

Fragrance:  Yes

Berries:  

Benefits:  Butterflies, Bees

Deer Resistant:  Yes

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.

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Geographical Origin:  North America, Garden Origin