Echinacea 'Art's Pride'

ëArts Pride is a coneflower that has no purple on it. It is noted for having distinctive orange ray flowers, a sweet orange-spiced tea fragrance and semi-glossy dark green leaves. ëArts Pride is a product of a breeding program conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Parents for this variety were Echinacea purpurea ëAlba (female) and Echinacea paradoxa (male). It typically grows to 2-3 tall on rigid stems. It features fragrant, daisy-like coneflowers (to 5î diameter) with orange to coppery-orange rays and large, pin cushion-like, dark brown central cones. Flowers bloom from June to August ... more »

ëArts Pride is a coneflower that has no purple on it. It is noted for having distinctive orange ray flowers, a sweet orange-spiced tea fragrance and semi-glossy dark green leaves. ëArts Pride is a product of a breeding program conducted at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Parents for this variety were Echinacea purpurea ëAlba (female) and Echinacea paradoxa (male). It typically grows to 2-3 tall on rigid stems. It features fragrant, daisy-like coneflowers (to 5î diameter) with orange to coppery-orange rays and large, pin cushion-like, dark brown central cones. Flowers bloom from June to August with some sporadic later bloom. The rough, lanceolate, dark green leaves (4-8î long) are semi-glossy. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter and, if flower heads are not removed, are often visited by goldfinches looking for seed. Echinacea comes from the Greek word ìechinosî meaning hedgehog in reference to the flowers spiny center cone. U.S. Plant Patent PP15,090 issued August 17, 2004. (less)