Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
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Cheyenne Spirit’ is a multicolored, 2013 All-America Selections® winner that provides a full palate of colors, each plant its own unique flower color. Introduced by Kieft-Pro Seeds, this outstanding coneflower produces blooms of cream, yellow, gold, orange, scarlet, orange, red, and purple. The array of vivid colors is exceptional in large scale plantings and goes on to produce attractive seed heads that add late season ornamental appeal as well as food for birds. ‘Cheyenne Spirit’ is most amazing when planted in drifts, but it can be used as a companion as well. 2012 Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Orange, Copper, Gold
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
2½'
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
This outstanding coneflower produces blooms of cream, yellow, gold, orange, scarlet, orange, red, and purple. It also goes on to produce attractive seed heads that add late season ornamental appeal as well as food for birds.
Landscape Value
'Cheyenne Spirit' is most amazing when planted in drifts, but it can be used as a companion as well and pairs nicely in border settings.
Care
Watering:
'Cheyenne Spirit' Coneflower is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
'Cheyenne Spirit' Coneflower is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Cheyenne Spirit' Coneflower should be enjoyed all winter long, then, during early April before it begins to grow again, it should be pruned or mowed back to ground level.