Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight'

Pink Double Delight' features pink, pom-pom-like, double-flowered coneflowers. Plants typically grow in an upright clump to 18-24\ tall and to 12-18\" wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. This cultivar is the result of a cross pollination of proprietary selections of <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> conducted in Bovenkarspel, The Netherlands, in 2003. Flowers appear in a floriferous bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Each flower (to 3\" diameter) features downward-sloping pink rays surrounding... more »

Pink Double Delight' features pink, pom-pom-like, double-flowered coneflowers. Plants typically grow in an upright clump to 18-24\ tall and to 12-18\" wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. This cultivar is the result of a cross pollination of proprietary selections of <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> conducted in Bovenkarspel, The Netherlands, in 2003. Flowers appear in a floriferous bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Each flower (to 3\" diameter) features downward-sloping pink rays surrounding a very large rounded center cone of darker pink disc florets. Flowers acquire lavender pink tones with age. Strigose, narrow-ovate leaves (to 4\" long) with serrated margins are medium green. 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. Echinacea comes from the Greek word ìechinosî meaning hedgehog in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. U. S. Plant Patent PP18,803 was issued on May 13, 2008." (less)