Echinacea 'Twilight'

Twilight' is a hybrid coneflower in the Big Sky Series from Itsaul Nurseries in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an upright, columnar, free branching perennial that typically grows in a clump to 2 1/2' tall on sturdy stems that do not need staking. It is noted for its large, sweetly-fragrant coneflowers (to 3 1/2î diameter) featuring downward arching deep rose-pink rays encircling a dark, burgundy-red center cone. Flowers bloom from late spring to later summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Irregular-serrate, dark green leaves (to 5î long) are lanceolate. Good fresh cut or dri... more »

Twilight' is a hybrid coneflower in the Big Sky Series from Itsaul Nurseries in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an upright, columnar, free branching perennial that typically grows in a clump to 2 1/2' tall on sturdy stems that do not need staking. It is noted for its large, sweetly-fragrant coneflowers (to 3 1/2î diameter) featuring downward arching deep rose-pink rays encircling a dark, burgundy-red center cone. Flowers bloom from late spring to later 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 the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones are often visited by goldfinches that feed on the seeds. 'Twilight' is reportedly the result of a 2002 cross-pollination of E. purpurea 'White Swan' (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 PP17,651 was issued April 24, 2007. (less)