Echinacea - Seeds

Echinacea purpurea - Seeds

Purple Cone Flower Seeds

Quantity: 400 Bulk Seeds

Height: 24 to 58 inches (60 to 140 cm).
Growing Region: Zones 3 to 9.
Flowers: Summer through to early autumn.
Flower Details: Deep purple. Daisy-like ray and disc florets. Spiny centers resemble hedgehog spikes.
Foliage: Herbaceous. Elliptic. Obovate.

Sow Outdoors: 1/8 inch (3 mm). Start of spring - before the last frost, or in the first months of autumn. Spacing 12 to 24inches (30 to 60 cm).

Sow Indoors: Echinacea Germination time: one to three weeks. Temperature: 70 to 75°F (21 to 24°C). Eight to ten weeks in advance. Transplant outdoors before the last frost or in early autumn.

Requirements: Full sunlight or slight shade. Good drainage. Soil pH 5.5 to 7.0. Average to poor soil. Can survive in dry soils. Regular watering, avoiding leaf splash to prevent mildew. Cut back inflorescences to the ground at the end of autumn. Propagate: Root cuttings can be taken in the spring, or propagate by dividing in the spring in cold areas, or the autumn in warmer areas.

How to grow:
If you plan to grow Coneflowers outdoors from seeds then they should be sown at a depth of 3mm either in autumn or early in Spring. Coneflowers should be grown in a sunny or lightly shaded area of the garden that has good drainage and a soil that has a pH between 5.5 and 7. If you first plan to grow seedlings of Echinacea species indoors first then they should be started off about 9 or 10 weeks before they are due to be planted out in early autumn or before the last frost of spring. It usually takes about two to three weeks for Coneflower seeds to germinate in the dark at a temperature of 21 to 24 degrees centigrade. Once ready for transplanted in the garden the Coneflower plants should be spaced at about 30cm (small) to 60cm (larger plants) apart.

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