Echinacea 'Honeydew'
"Coneflower"
Orders placed until 29 February 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025
Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025
Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Spotlight your summer planting scheme with the refreshing, bright tones of Echinacea 'Honeydew'. This gorgeous coneflower has large blooms, cool colour and an extra tuft of petals for good measure. The dome of pale green shaggy petals sits on top of a ray of white petals like a melon ball on a plate—it’s a clean colourway which sits well with most styles, from contemporary gardens to relaxed multicolour melanges. Typical of coneflowers, Echinacea 'Honeydew' is a pollinator magnet, so it’ll be a bustling metropolis for bees and butterflies.
There are so many plants which combine well with Echinacea 'Honeydew'. You can create a prairie style planting scheme by growing this coneflower with other echinaceas, Helenium, Rudbeckia and ornamental grasses. You can make it part of a mixed border with dahlias, Phlox, Monarda or Crocosmia. The clump-forming perennial Echinacea 'Honeydew' will return year after year when it’s happy in its spot, give it time to establish into a good clump—it looks incredible and
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Comes back every year
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Attractive to wildlife
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Loved by pollinators
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In peat-free compost
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Low maintenance
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Fully hardy
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Echinacea purpurea 'Honeydew'
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Flower colour
Green, cream
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Plant size
1
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Established height
50-70cm
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Established spread
20-30cm
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Plant spacing
10 plants per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
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Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1-2 years
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Sunlight
Full sun
Partial shade -
Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Large containers
Borders
Gravel gardens
Wildlife gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Stony
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
Yes
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Mouse resistant
No
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Rabbit resistant
No
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Soak the Echinacea 'Honeydew' roots in water for 3-6 hours prior to planting
Plant your "Coneflower" bare roots into temporary pots with a multipurpose compost in spring and grow-on in a sheltered spot outdoors
Choose a pot which comfortably fits the bare roots. Some have a noticeable crown which should be just below the soil surface with any top growth exposed. Some varieties are a length of root which should be planted lengthways and shallowly (1-2cm deep).
Plant out into borders or permanent containers in late spring or early summer once in full growth. Choose a position in sun or shade depending on the variety.
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Orders placed until 29 February 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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