{"id":8536,"date":"2013-05-28T03:44:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T10:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2013-05-28T08:23:45","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T15:23:45","slug":"echinacea-and-cone-flower-varieties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/echinacea-and-cone-flower-varieties\/","title":{"rendered":"Echinacea and Varieties of Cone Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pick your own favourite from the variety of cone flowers available.
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Echinacea purpurea is commonly called the Cone Flower. There are other Echinacea varieties that will put on a long lasting and colourful display in your garden. The daisy like flower heads are attractive to insects and butterflies and are available is several warm colours.
\nEchinacea make good cut flowers for the house.<\/p>\n

Echinacea Varieties<\/h2>\n
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  1. Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’ <\/strong>looks the colour of one of the eponymous Heinz 57 varieties. The hardy plant grows 2-3′ tall and the flowerheads can be 5-6″ across. Flowering from mid-summer they appear on the top of branching stems.<\/li>\n
  2. Echinacea Tiki Torch <\/strong>grows 3′ tall and has flowers with orange petals in a ray around a prominent orange-red disc. Slightl;y scented the flowers last well and make another addition to a hot border.<\/li>\n
  3. Echinacea Mac ‘n’ Cheese<\/strong> has golden yellow flowerheads from mid-summer until the first frosts if deadheaded regularly.<\/li>\n
  4. Echinacea Pink Double Delight<\/strong> is a new coneflower that has the same large fully double and tufted pink flowers as Razzmatazz, but greater resistance to powdery mildew and sturdier foliage than its predecessor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Seeds of several varieties and cultivars are available from Thompson & Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n

    The 9 distinctive species of Echinacea<\/strong>
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    * Echinacea angustifolia \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Narrow-leaf Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea atrorubens \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Topeka Purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea laevigata \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Smooth Coneflower, Smooth Purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea pallida \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pale Purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea paradoxa \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Yellow Coneflower, Bush’s Purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea purpurea \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea sanguinea \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sanguine purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea simulata \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Wavyleaf Purple Coneflower
    \n* Echinacea tennesseensis \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tennessee Coneflower ‘Tall stems of small narrow foliage bear large purplish-rose flowers with unusual upward pointing petals. Plants are free-flowering, ideal for cutting and attracting birds and butterflies’<\/p>\n

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    \nPhoto from     Kew at the British Museum<\/a>
    \n    You can acquire <\/a> or just admire plants as part of a collection that includes Echinacea
    \nI do not consider Rudbeckia to be a Coneflower although they have a similar appearance and habit<\/p>\n

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    Pick your own favourite from the variety of cone flowers available. Echinacea purpurea is commonly called the Cone Flower. There are other Echinacea varieties that will put on a long lasting and colourful display in your garden. The daisy like flower heads are attractive to insects and butterflies and are available is several warm colours. Echinacea make good cut flowers for the house. Echinacea Varieties Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’ looks the colour of one of the eponymous Heinz 57 varieties. The…<\/p>\n

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