Transform your garden beds into a vibrant chromatic festival with the Rainbow Coneflower. This spectacular variety lives up to its name by deploying a constantly evolving floral display: buds open in shades of yellow and pink before maturing into rich nuances of salmon, coral, and lilac. Each flower becomes a unique masterpiece on a compact, sturdy plant, offering a warm gradient of colours that animates your outdoor space from early summer until the first frosts. #JardineriesBotanix
Characteristics
Foliage: Produces textured, medium green lanceolate leaves, forming a dense and vigorous base that proudly supports the heavy blooms.
Flowering: Displays single flowers with petals that shift in colour according to maturity, surrounding a prominent, coppery central cone.
Light: Requires full sun to maximize the intensity of the multi-coloured variations.
Habit: Exhibits a compact, upright, and very well-branched silhouette.
Growth: Reaches a mature height and spread of 45 to 60 cm.
Soil: Prefers rich, well-drained soil but tolerates drier conditions once the root system is established.
Temperature: Benefits from excellent hardiness adapted to harsh winters (Zone 4).
Resistances: Effectively resists heat, moderate drought, and white-tailed deer.
Use
Types of use: Enhances mass plantings and garden borders, and adapts perfectly to container gardening.
Decorative advantages: Offers a changing visual spectacle thanks to its multi-coloured flowering and creates striking contrasts.
Maintenance
Arrosage : Water regularly during the first year; thereafter, allow the soil to dry slightly between applications.
Fertilisation: Apply a granular perennial fertilizer in early spring to stimulate vigour.
Taille : Deadhead spent flowers to prolong the blooming season and cut stems back to ground level in early spring.
Plantation : Space plants 45 cm apart in soil enriched with organic compost.
Protection Hivernale : Apply organic mulch at the base to protect the crown during the first few winters.
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