Echinacea ‘Sweet Sandia’
Echinacea 'Sweet Sandia' has single, broad petaled, bicolour flowers of watermelon-pink and lime-green around a burnt-orange cone.
Echinacea ‘Sweet Sandia’ is a purple (and green) coneflower with intriguing single, broad petaled, bicolour flowers with watermelon pink petals and contrasting lime-green tips around a reddish to burnt orange central cone. Tons of flowering stems rise 18-24 inches above lance-shaped green foliage all summer long until frost. 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.
Common Name: Coneflower
Family: Asteraceae (The Asteraceae Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
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Geographical Origin: North America
