Echinacea 'Emily Saul'

Emily Saul' is a hybrid coneflower in the Big Sky Series from Itsaul Nurseries in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a compact, free-branching plant that grows in a bushy clump to only 12\ tall, and features large, sweetly fragrant, reddish-purple cone flowers on sturdy black stems that do not need staking. Each flower (to 3 1/2\" diameter) features overlapping, slightly downward-arching, deep reddish-purple rays which encircle a domed, dark red (almost black) center cone. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Irregular-serrate, dark... more »

Emily Saul' is a hybrid coneflower in the Big Sky Series from Itsaul Nurseries in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a compact, free-branching plant that grows in a bushy clump to only 12\ tall, and features large, sweetly fragrant, reddish-purple cone flowers on sturdy black stems that do not need staking. Each flower (to 3 1/2\" diameter) features overlapping, slightly downward-arching, deep reddish-purple rays which encircle a domed, dark red (almost black) center cone. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Irregular-serrate, dark green leaves (to 5î long) are lanceolate. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones are often visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds. 'Emily Saul' is reportedly the result of a 2002 cross-pollination of an unnamed selection of E. purpurea x E. paradoxa (seed parent) with an unnamed selection of E. purpurea x E. paradoxa (pollen parent). Echinacea comes from the Greek word ìechinosî meaning hedgehog in reference to the flowers spiny center cone. U. S. Plant Patent PP18,768 was issued April 29, 2008." (less)