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Echinacea Cone Flower Nectar Pink 6 Plug Plants
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Echinacea Cone Flower Nectar Pink 6 Plug Plants
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Echinacea ‘Nectar Pink’ produces beautiful deep rosy, pink flowers with an orange centre. For those looking for a wildlife rich garden, this plant is loved for attracting bees, butterflies and other pollinators to the area. Echinacea have daisy-like flowers with sturdy stems to create a fresh cut flower display in your kitchen. Perfect for displaying in your patio containers, garden borders, wildlife gardens or cottage gardens! Height: 85cm (33in). Spread: 45cm (18in). Pot up echinacea plants and grow them on in frost free conditions until large enough to transplant outdoors. Gradually acclimatise plants to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days prior to planting out in borders. Grow echinacea plants in a sunny or semi shaded position on moist, well drained soil. Coneflowers prefer a deep, fertile soil and will benefit from the addition of some well rotted manure or garden compost to soil, prior to planting. Feed and water regularly throughout the growing season until coneflower plants are fully established. Deadhead faded Echinacea flowers to encourage more blooms to be produced. In autumn, cut back faded flower stems and apply a mulch of well rotted manure to the base of the plant. Divide overcrowded plants in autumn or spring. Product Specifications:Position in: Sun or semi shade. Height up to 85cm (33in). Spread up to 45cm (18in). Supplied as 6 Plugs. Images shown are for guidance only of the expected results from plants upon maturity. Different growing conditions might vary results. Image may be included for illustration of supply but can vary due to seasonality changes (e.g. deciduous plants lose leaves in colder months).
- Plant between Spring
- Flowering period - Summer
- H3 - Hardy in coastal & relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1°C)
Features and benefits
- Echinacea Nectar Pink has a neat branching habit that flowers all summer long.
- Perfect for sunny borders and wildlife areas, ideal for sunny locations.
- Easy to grow and a reliable summer plant suitable for growing in any sunny position, in beds and borders. Thrives in any rich, free-draining soil.
- Supplied as plug plants, for best performance pot on arrival and grow until established
- Please refer to arrival image to show the approximate size of plants at delivery, please note this image is to illustrate size not specific variety.
Specifications
Variety | Echinacea |
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Latin name | Echinacea |
Flower colour | Pink |
Attracts pollinators | Attracts pollinators |
Scented | Unscented |
Flowering period | Summer |
Planting period | Spring |
Life span | Perennial |
Plant position | Sunny areas |
Soil type | Average garden soil |
Soil moisture | Moist & well drained |
Maintenance required | Low |
Plant hardiness type | Hardy |
Hardiness | H3 - Hardy in coastal & relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1°C) |
Product code | 5057554154296 |