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Echinacea Cone-Fections™ 'Hot Papaya'

Echinacea Cone-Fections™ 'Hot Papaya'

Item Form: 1-Quart
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  • Grow Zone

    4 - 9

  • Mature Height

    36

  • Mature Width

    30

  • Sun / Shade

    Full Sun

  • Bloom Size

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  • Days To Maturity

  • Fruit Weight

  • Soil Tolerance

    Clay, Normal, loamy, and Poor

  • Moisture

    Dry and Moist, well-drained

  • Description / Echinacea Cone-Fections™ 'Hot Papaya'

    Plant Patent 21,022.

    The most exciting Echinacea of the season is this dramatic double-flowered orange, a stunning creation from master plantsman Arie Blom. The flowers are large, packed with fade-proof color, and held in a bold "skirted pompon" look that is interesting in its own right. And what's more, the plant is vigorous, long-blooming, and very floriferous, with up to ten blooms present at once when mature!

    Mixed in with the fiery brick-orange petals are flashes of deep pink and lilac, plus golds and yellows. The lower guard petals (the "skirt") is a slightly lighter shade, exactly matching the center of the cone at the top of the flower. Fully 3 to 3½ inches wide, these are blooms that hold up for much more than a week, indoors or out. Leave the final flowers on the plant and the seeds will dry in the large central cone, providing an autumn feast for the songbirds in your garden. More than a decade of breeding was dedicated to this stunning double orange Echinacea, and its pedigree shows.

    'Hot Papaya' reaches 30 to 36 inches high and spreads 24 to 30 inches wide, for a dazzling display in the sunny border. Like other Echinacea, it is a very robust and adaptable perennial. Bred from multiple species, it is disease- and pest-resistant, standing up effortlessly to heat, humidity, poor soil, drought, and other natural phenomena. All it asks is plenty of sunshine and well-drained moist to dry soil.

    Plant 'Hot Papaya' fearlessly among other <#prodlink#"48928">Echinacea, as well as among other heat- and drought-tolerant perennials in the sunny garden. Be sure to grow a few extra in the cutting garden as well, to show off the majesty of these flowers indoors as well as out! Zones 4-9.

  • Product Details

    SKU: 48923
    Genus: Echinacea
    Species: purpurea
    Variety: 'Hot Papaya'
    Item Form: 1-Quart
    Bloom Color: Dark Orange
    Foliage Color: Medium GreenPurple
    Habit: Upright
    Light Requirements: Full Sun
    Moisture Requirements: Dry, Moist, well-drained
    Soil Type: Clay, Normal, loamy, Poor
    Bloom Start: Mid Summer
    Bloom End: Mid Fall
    Uses:
    • Beds
    • Border
    • Cut Flowers
    • Everlastings
    • Fall Color
    • Outdoor
    Special Features:
    • Bird Lovers
    • Bloom First Year
    • Butterfly Lovers
    • Cut-and-Come-Again
    • Double Blooms
    • Easy Care Plants
    • Free Bloomer
    • Long Bloomers
    • Pest Fighter
    • Repeat Bloomer
    Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9
    State Shipping Restrictions: GU, HI, ID, PR, VI