Echinacea pallida ‘Hula Dancer’

Echinacea pallida ‘Hula Dancer’  Coneflower

Our favourite Echinacea, very elegant with it’s dramatically reflexed petals (white, with a hint of pink) like a Hula’s skirt in the palest pink. Upright, non-branching stems. Loved by pollinators and surprisingly fragrant. Flowers from July to September.

Plant type: perennial

Site: full sun, well drained soil

Height: 75cm

Plant spacing: 30cm

Sown to Grown: will flower in it’s 2nd year from an early Spring sowing.

Approx. seeds per packet: 50 seeds

Growing tips: it dislikes winter wet so add a handful of grit in the planting hole.

Harvesting/Arranging tips: makes a wonderful meadowy focal flower with Pennisetum grasses and Digitalis parviflora in high summer.

Vase life: 7-10 days

Cost: £3.00