Echinacea purpurea 'Primadonna Deep Rose'

ëPrimadonna Deep Rose is, as the cultivar name suggests, a deep rose coneflower. It is an upright perennial that typically grows in a clump to 30-36\ tall and to 24\" wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. Large flowers (to 5-6\" diameter) feature slightly drooping deep rose rays with rounded, dark orange-brown center cones. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Medium green leaves (to 7î long) are lanceolate to broad-rlanceolate. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain e... more »

ëPrimadonna Deep Rose is, as the cultivar name suggests, a deep rose coneflower. It is an upright perennial that typically grows in a clump to 30-36\ tall and to 24\" wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. Large flowers (to 5-6\" diameter) feature slightly drooping deep rose rays with rounded, dark orange-brown center cones. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Medium green leaves (to 7î long) are lanceolate to broad-rlanceolate. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones are often visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds. Echinacea comes from the Greek word ìechinosî meaning hedgehog in reference to the flowers spiny center cone." (less)