Echinacea Watermelon Sugar
Echinacea 'Watermelon Sugar' photo courtesy of Walters Gardens
Coneflowers

Double Dipped 'Watermelon Sugar' has double pompom flowers that open magenta pink before maturing to a medium pink. Flowers are produced over a large rosette of foliage with almost no exposed stem. DOUBLE DIPPED® Echinacea have large, fully double flowers with wide, overlapping ray petals. Each variety has substantial landscape size at 60 cms tall, perfect for the middle of the border. The strong, well-branched stems support the numerous large,flowers with ease. 

  • Height: 56-66 cm (22-26 cm)
  • Spread: 51-60 cm (20-24 in)
  • Cold Hardiness: Zone 4-8
  • Sun or Shade: minimum 4 hours of direct sun
  • Bloom Time: mid to late summer
  • Leaf Colour: green
  • Bloom Colour: pink
  • Critter Resistance: deer resistant
  • Nature Attraction: butterflies and bees

Growing and Maintenance Tips

Coneflowers are the ideal perennial for hot sunny sites. Plant them in shade and they will flop and produce very few flowers. Loamy, well drained soil in a slightly elevated bed is ideal to produce the best bloom and winter hardiness. Heavy soils can lead to winter rot. Dead head regularly to prolong bloom. Leave the last seed heads to stand for winter food for finches and other birds.

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