Unpack bare roots or rhizomes on arrival and plant them within a week. Until then, keep them somewhere cool and ensure the roots remain slightly moist, never wet.
'Double Scoop Bubblegum'
coneflower
Find a space for Echinacea 'Double Scoop Bubblegum' and watch it pop with pink perfection! If your garden is like a candy store of flowers, add this one to your pick ‘n’ mix planting scheme—it looks right at home in a brimming-with-blooms cottage border. If you prefer to relax in a simpler setting, make Echinacea 'Double Scoop Bubblegum' part of a prairie planting and combine it with ornamental grasses for a soothing show of bee-friendly flowers among the breezy wafting stems of Panicum or Pennisetum.
As a perennial, you can expect to see Echinacea 'Double Scoop Bubblegum' return year after year for a show which continues to get better each time. Like most coneflowers, this one is easy to grow and low maintenance, requiring just a swift chop-back in autumn and a topping of mulch over winter to keep it snug. It’ll need regular watering at first but once Echinacea 'Double Scoop Bubblegum' is well and truly settled in and started to establish a clump-like root system, it’s handily quite drought tolerant.
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Remove the packaging straight away, check the compost and water thoroughly if dry. Check the plant’s hardiness before placing it outdoors. Plant into a border or permanent container within a month, choosing the position recommended for the variety. Keep the top of the root ball level with the surrounding soil, firm gently and water well.
Soak the roots in water for three to six hours immediately before planting. Keep any crown, buds or emerging shoots above the water where possible.
Pot most bare roots into 15–20cm pots filled with peat-free multipurpose compost. Large or depth-sensitive roots, including peonies, are often best planted directly into borders.
Arrange the roots naturally without bending them. Cover the roots completely, positioning the crown and buds at the depth recommended for that particular perennial.
Keep pots in a sheltered outdoor position and water whenever the compost begins to dry. Grow on until roots hold the compost together when lifted from the pot.
Plant into a suitable border or permanent container once well rooted. Add a label and water regularly throughout the first growing season while the perennial establishes.
- Botanical name
- Echinacea 'Double Scoop Bubblegum' ('Balscblum'ᴾᴮᴿ)
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Established height
- 70cm-1m
- Established spread
- 20-30cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
-
Upright
Clump-forming - Hardiness
- Fully hardy
- Leaf colour
- Green
- Mouse resistant
- No
- Plant size
- 1
- Plant spacing
- 10 plants per m2
- Pollinator friendly
- Yes
- Position
- Sheltered
- Rabbit resistant
- No
- Scented
- No
- Soil acidity
- Any
- Soil moisture
-
Free draining
Dry - Soil type
-
Loam
Sandy
Stony
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost - Suitable for
-
Large containers
Borders
Gravel gardens
Wildlife gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens - Sunlight
-
Full sun
Partial shade - Toxicity
- No report
- Years to establish
- 1-2 years
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choice to delivery
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