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Pink Echinacea - Description
- Pack of Echinacea Roots
- Pink Flowering Echinacea
- Purpurea Pink
- Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
- AKA Coneflowers
- Attracts Butterflies & Bees
- Quantity: 1 Root Per Pack
- Fully Grown Size: 120cm
- Long Flowering Period: March to June
- Sow: In Early to Mid Spring
- Spacing: 30cm
- Hardiness: Hardy
Pink Echinacea - Uses
- Grow in herbaceous borders
- Adds height to flower beds
- Pink echinacea looks great in herbaceous borders
- Great in a pink / purple planting scheme with Dahlias, Alliums & Verbena
- Suited to both traditional, cottage & modern planting schemes
- Plant in groups for best effect
- Ideal for cut flowers gardens
- Companion plants include Echinacea Purpurea, Rudbeckia, Agapanthus, Verbena, Red Hot Pokers etc..
Pink Echinacea - 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 roots 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
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