Echinacea Sombrero ‘Tres Amigos’

Echinacea Sombrero 'Tres Amigos' produces incredible tricoloured flowers in peachy-coral, rose, and magenta-burgundy.

Echinacea Sombrero ‘Tres Amigos’ produces incredible tricoloured flowers that open to a peachy-coral, age to rose and then finally to magenta-burgundy. The Sombrero Series offers well-branched, dwarf plants which produce lots of flowers on plants under 20 inches tall. Echinacea in coastal BC should be planted in hot, dry, sunny spots with thin, average to poor soils for best overwintering.

Common Name:  Coneflower

Family:  Asparagaceae (The Asparagus Family)

Zone Hardiness:  4-9

Light:  Full Sun

Height:  12-24"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Magenta

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Orange

Bloom Time:  Summer

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

Soil Moisture:  Average, Dry

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Fragrance:  Yes

Berries:  

Benefits:  Butterflies, Bees

Deer Resistant:  Yes

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.

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