Echinacea Sombrero ‘Summer Solstice’
Echinacea Sombrero 'Summer Solstice' produces yellow petals with a white base around orange cones.
Echinacea Sombrero ‘Summer Solstice’ is a hybrid coneflower that has sunny lemon-yellow petals with a white basal halo around the cenral orange cone whichs the yellow pop! Dark green foliage serves as an excellent foil. 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: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: Orange
Bloom Time: Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
Award:
Geographical Origin: North America, Garden Origin
