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Echinacea
Echinacea is a hardy perennial prized for bold daisy flowers with raised centres and good late-summer presence. It is popular in prairie-style planting, pollinator gardens and cutting schemes, especially where strong stems and drought tolerance are useful.
Basic information
Category
Flowers
Lifecycle
Perennial (long-lived)
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
0 companions · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Germination window
10–20 days
Germination temperature
18–22 °C
Plant spacing
45 cm
Row spacing
60 cm
Sowing depth
0.5 cm
Height
100 cm
Spread
45 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
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Care tips
Plant echinacea in full sun and well-drained fertile soil, and avoid moving it too often once established. Deadhead if you want more flowers, or leave some seedheads for structure and birds, and divide only when clumps are strong and clearly overcrowded.
Common pests
Aphids, slugs on young plants, powdery mildew, aster yellows.
Companions
No companion crops have been added yet.
Don’t grow with
No crops to avoid have been added yet.