Echinacea SunSeekers® Sweet Fuchsia
Echinacea SunSeekers® 'Sweet Fuchsia' – SunSeekers® Sweet Fuchsia Coneflower
Echinacea SunSeekers® 'Sweet Fuchsia' – SunSeekers® Sweet Fuchsia Coneflower
Exposure
- Sun
Rusticity
Bloom time
- July
- August
- September
- October
- Ultra vibrant neon fuchsia pink
- Texture rich double blooms
- Strong stems resist the wind
- Compact size perfect for containers
- Long lasting blooms until frost
Electrify your garden beds with the Sweet Fuchsia Coneflower, a variety that redefines outdoor brilliance. It deploys a profusion of double blooms in an absolutely striking neon fuchsia pink, maintaining this intense chromatic saturation even under the relentless summer sun. Thanks to its compact habit and exemplary stem strength, it offers an impeccable structure while irresistibly attracting both onlookers and butterflies. #JardineriesBotanix
Characteristics
- Foliage: Produces deep forest green, textured lanceolate leaves that create a dark backdrop, making the vibrant pink blooms pop.
- Flowering: Displays spectacular double flowers with a dense, pompon-like centre surrounded by radiating petals, all bathed in saturated fuchsia.
- Light: Requires full sun to maintain stem vigour and colour saturation.
- Habit: Exhibits a compact, bushy, and very well-branched silhouette.
- Growth: Reaches a mature height and spread of 45 to 60 cm.
- Soil: Prefers rich, well-drained soil, though it adapts to various soil types once the root system is established.
- Temperature: Benefits from excellent hardiness for northern climates (Zone 4).
- Resistances: Effectively resists heat, fungal diseases, and moderate drought.
Use
- Types of use: Integrate it into perennial mass plantings, garden borders, or use it to create a strong visual impact in containers.
- Decorative advantages: Adds rich texture and a modern coloration that instantly energizes landscaping projects.
Maintenance
- Watering: Water regularly during the first growing season; thereafter, water only when the soil feels dry.
- Fertilization: Apply a granular perennial fertilizer in early spring to encourage abundant flowering.
- Pruning: Deadhead spent blooms to encourage new bud formation and cut stems back to ground level in early spring.
- Planting: Space plants 45 cm apart in a hole enriched with high-quality compost.
- Winter Protection: Apply organic mulch at the base to protect the crown during winters without consistent snow cover.
Plant details
Dimensions
Dimensions
Characteristics
Characteristics
Habit:
- Bushy
Flowering colours:
- Pink
Plant needs
Plant needs
Watering:
- Moderate
Maintenance:
- Easy
- Deadheading
- Cut back in spring
Soil requirement:
- Rich
- Well-drained
Features
Features
Resistance:
- White-tailed deer
- Heat
- Drought
Attract:
- Pollinators
- Butterflies
- Hummingbirds
- Birds
Use:
- Flowerbed
- Border
- Flowerbed
- Rockerie
- Pot
- Cut flower
Attribute:
- Long blooming
- Cut flower
- Small gardens and yards

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