Echinacea Summersong ‘Firefinch’
Echinacea Summersong 'Firefinch' is a single coneflower with fragrant, multicoloured red and pink flowers.
Echinacea Summersong ‘Firefinch’ is a coneflower that offers fragrant, 3.5 inch wide, single flowers with overlapping petals in everchanging shades of red, reddish-orange, pinkish-red, and lavender-pink all on the same plant around dark cones. Blooms prolifically all summer long on short, compact plants 12 to 16 inches tall with a 16 to 18 inch spread. Use in the front to middle of the border, in containers, and as a cut flower. 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 and bird attractor. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Coneflower
Family: Asparagaceae (The Asparagus Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Magenta
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Bloom Time: Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
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Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
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