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Echinacea Roots - Description
- Pack of Echinacea Roots / Bulbs
- Variety: Purpurea 'Magnus'
- Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
- AKA: Coneflowers
- Quantity: 1 Root Per Pack
- Fully Grown Size: 90cm
- Flower Colour: Pink / Purple Petals With Orange / Brown Centre
- Flowering Time: Summer to Early Autumn
- Sow: In Early to Mid Spring
- Spacing: 60-80cm
- Hardiness: Hardy
Echinacea Roots - Uses
- These tall & brightly coloured, Daisy-like flowers are essential in any garden
- Suited to both traditional, cottage & modern planting schemes
- Plant at back of borders with other herbaceous plants
- Best when planted in clumps / blocks
- Can also be planted in long sweeping drifts
- Ideal for cut flowers gardens
- Companion plants include Rudbeckia, Agapanthus, Verbena, Red Hot Pokers etc
Echinacea Roots - How to Grow
- Start your bulbs indoors, in a greenhouse or polytunnel
- Grow in large pots (5L or bigger)
- Once shoots are 10cm in height you can move out into the garden
- Choose a location for your Echinacea
- They prefer a sunny, sheltered spot
- Soil: Moist but well drained
- Sowing time: Spring
- Sowing depth: Plant bulb 10cm below the soil surface
- Plant with compost
- Then cover with soil & water in well
- Feed every 2 to 3 weeks
- Can lift & divide in Autumn or Spring
- Old flower heads can be removed in Spring
Note
- A root is similar to a bulb in that it is a dormant growing point of a plant
- Also Known as Rhizomes
