Blanco Sombrero™ Coneflower Perennial - Echinacea - Gallon Pot

Bright white blooms on compact mounds of green foliage over an exceptionally long season. A fuss-free, cheerful choice for a low maintenance, sunny summer border. A wonderful addition to a cutting garden. Cold hardy and drought tolerant when established. An herbaceous perennial.This, the queen of the Daisies, is called Coneflower for its dome-shaped center. Plants continue to bloom from June into the fall. Breeders have teased out a considerable range of pinks, purples, yellows, and oranges, plus white, with more hues coming every year. There are double-flowered forms as well as varieties with petals pulled back like a badminton shuttlecock. These are first-class garden plants for full sun.A new series of Coneflower bred to produce well-branched, sturdy and compact plants featuring a high bud count. This selection produces very large, single flowers with overlapping pure white petals surrounding a large, brown cone. Ideal for sunny borders and growing in mixed containers. Attractive to butterflies. Excellent for cutting. Coneflowers begin blooming midsummer and continue for months if faded flowers are regularly removed. However keeping some dried flower heads on the plants in fall will provide food for wintering song birds. Dried seed heads also add interest to the winter garden.

Blanco Sombrero™ Coneflower Perennial - Echinacea - Gallon Pot