Echinacea 'Sunset'

Sunset' is a hybrid coneflower in the Big Sky Series from Itsaul Nurseries in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an upright, free-branching plant that grows in a clump to 24-30\ tall, and features sweetly fragrant, orange cone flowers on sturdy stems that do not need staking. Each flower (to 2 1/2\" diameter) features slightly downward-arching orange rays which encircle a domed, reddish-brown 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 ... more »

Sunset' is a hybrid coneflower in the Big Sky Series from Itsaul Nurseries in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an upright, free-branching plant that grows in a clump to 24-30\ tall, and features sweetly fragrant, orange cone flowers on sturdy stems that do not need staking. Each flower (to 2 1/2\" diameter) features slightly downward-arching orange rays which encircle a domed, reddish-brown 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 the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds. 'Sunset' is reportedly the result of a 2002 cross-pollination of E. purpurea 'White Swan' (seed parent) with an unnamed selection of 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 PP16,424 was issued April 11, 2006." (less)