Echinacea Raspberry Truffle
"Raspberry Coneflower"
Good for cutting
Perfect for pots
Loved by pollinators
Packed in peat-free compost
Hardy throughout the UK
Description
Show off your sweet side with candy-like coneflower Echinacea purpurea 'Raspberry Truffle'. Puffed up and proud, this is true decadence in flower form. A two-tone treasure in a bonbonesque shade of apricot-pink, with petals which encircle a prize-worthy ‘truffle’ centre. When it comes to sugar-coating your perfect plant combination, this is little sweetie is the icing on the cake!
If you like your plants to be reliable, low maintenance and return every year, then a hardy perennial like Echinacea purpurea 'Raspberry Truffle' is an excellent choice. Give them a sunny spot and some time, year one is great but after a few more they form quite an impressive clump – that’s more stems to look forward to in the garden plus a few extra to snip and show off in a vase!
Details for Echinacea Raspberry Truffle
Colour:
Raspberry pink
Height:
60-90 cm / 24-36"
Planting season:
Spring
Flowering time:
Summer
Botanical name:
Echinacea purpurea 'Raspberry Truffle'
Light requirements:
Partial shade / full sun
Soil moisture:
Average
Naturalising:
Strong
Perennial:
Yes
Planting & Care
- Soak the roots in water for 3-6 hours prior to planting out
- Plant your Echinacea bare roots into temporary pots in spring and grow-on in a sheltered spot outdoors
- Choose a pot which comfortably fits the bare roots
- Plant the roots so that they are fully submerged with the shoots just below the surface or any top growth exposed
- Plant in borders or containers in early summer once in full growth
- Space the Echinacea plants 15-20cm apart
- Water-in after planting and keep hydrated when in growth
Delivery schedule
- Orders placed before 20 March 2021
You can expect your order in March 2021 - Orders placed 20 March - 31 May 2021
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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