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Echinacea Eye-Catcher 'Tanager'


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Echinacea Eye-Catcher 'Tanager' is a single coneflower with large, fragrant, orange flowers with dark cones.


Description:
Echinacea 'Tanager' is a coneflower that offers fragrant, 3.5 inch wide, single, overlapping petals in tangerine-orange shades with big dark cones. A prolific bloomer all summer long on well-branched stems with lance-shaped foliage, plants will reach 22 to 24 inches tall with a 16 to 18 inch spread. Part of the Eye-Catcher collection bred for big, single flowers in bold colours with better basal branching and horizontal petals. Use in the middle of the border, in containers, and the vase. Provides seeds for overwintering birds. Echinacea in coastal BC should be planted in hot, dry, sunny spots with thin, average to poor soils for best overwintering. Pollinator attractor. Deer resistant.


Common Name: Coneflower

Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)

Zone Hardiness: 4-8

Light: Full Sun

Height: 12-24"

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Orange

Secondary Bloom Colour: Red

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Dry

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

Berries:

Benefits: Bees, Butterflies

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Dry open woods, prairies and barrens.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

Miscellaneous - Garden Origin

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