Echinacea purpurea 'Elbrook'

ELTON KNIGHT is a compact magenta-pink coneflower that typically grows in an upright clump to 18-24\ tall and to 12-18\" wide on sturdy, well-branched purple stems that do not need staking. It is the result of a cross performed in 1992 by Anthony Brooks, gardener at Elton Hall near Ludlow in Herfordshire, U. K. between <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> 'Rosenelf' (seed parent) and <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> 'The King' (pollen parent). Flowers appear in a floriferous bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Each flower ... more »

ELTON KNIGHT is a compact magenta-pink coneflower that typically grows in an upright clump to 18-24\ tall and to 12-18\" wide on sturdy, well-branched purple stems that do not need staking. It is the result of a cross performed in 1992 by Anthony Brooks, gardener at Elton Hall near Ludlow in Herfordshire, U. K. between <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> 'Rosenelf' (seed parent) and <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> 'The King' (pollen parent). Flowers appear in a floriferous bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Each flower (to 5\" diameter) features bright, magenta-pink rays that are perpendicular to the stem. Rays surround a domed, bronze-orange center cone. Strigose, cordate-ovate leaves (to 4î 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. Trade name honors Thomas Andrew Knight (1759-1838), a founding member of The Royal Horticultural Society and former resident of Elton Hall. 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 PP18,133 was issued on October 23, 2007." (less)