This bright and sturdy Echinacea is prized for its compact habit and generous amount of sunny yellow flowers. It is well branched, producing a robust clump of sturdy stems that support its lemon yellow blooms. As an improved cultivar, it is resistant to many common garden pests and diseases, serves to attract and feed pollinators.
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Hardiness Zone:
4
Blossom Color:
Yellow to Chartreuse
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
2'
Texture:
Medium Texture
Recommended Spacing:
1½' to 2'
We sell this plant in these containers:
#1 Pot
Special Characteristics
Cuttings
Seasonal Effect
Moderate Area
Drought Tolerant
Native Hybrid
Butterflies
Bees
Small Area
Deer Resistant
Sandy Soil Tolerant
Rebloomer
Features
Well branched, producing a robust clump of sturdy stems that support its lemon yellow blooms. Resistant to many common garden pests and diseases, serves to attract and feed pollinators.
Landscape Value
This bright and sturdy Echinacea is prized for its compact habit.
Care
Watering:
Sombrero® Lemon Yellow Improved 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:
Sombrero® Lemon Yellow Improved 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:
Sombrero® Lemon Yellow Improved 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.
