Echinacea Arts Pride (Coneflower)

Tough and free-blooming, Echinacea 'Art's Pride' is a compact perennial boasting cheerful, perfectly formed, tangerine-orange flowers with slender, delicately reflexed petals surrounding a dark chocolate center. Rich with a sweet orange-tea fragrance, this echinacea variety retains its intense color for weeks and does not need staking. An early bloomer, this attractive coneflower provides a vibrant floral display in the garden from early to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Perfect for perennial borders, prairies, or cottage gardens.

• Grows up to 30 in. tall (75 cm) and 24 in. wide (60 cm).
• Thrives in full sun in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils. Tolerant to drought, heat, and humidity.
• Perfect choice for beds and borders, prairies and meadows, wildflower gardens, or cottage gardens.
• Excellent as cut flowers. If flower heads are not removed in the fall, the blackened cones will be visited by birds that feed on the seeds.
• No serious pest or disease issues. Attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators, but deer resistant.
• Remove spent flowers and cut back the stems to encourage further blooms.
• Propagate by division in spring or fall or by root cuttings from late fall to early winter.