Echinacea SunSeekers Pink Grapefruit — Radiance and Color for Your Outdoor Spaces

Inject a dose of fruity freshness into your garden with Echinacea SunSeekers® Pink Grapefruit. This vibrant perennial stands out with its bicolor double flowers, blending a striking grapefruit pink with warm coral touches, for an eye-catching floral display all summer long.

Key Features

• Foliage: Dark green, lance-shaped leaves form a dense and vigorous base that highlights the brightness of the flowers.
• Bloom: Spectacular double flowers with a large coral pink central pompom surrounded by radiant grapefruit pink petals.
• Light: Requires full sun for optimal color and abundant flowering.
• Habit: Compact, bushy, and well-branched habit.
• Growth: Mature height and spread of approximately 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 inches).
• Soil: Prefers rich, well-drained soil, but shows excellent adaptability once established.
• Temperature: Exemplary hardiness for northern climates (Zone 4).
• Resistances: Tolerates intense heat, moderate drought, and is disease resistant.
• Use: Shines in mass plantings, as a border plant, or as a focal point in a container on a patio.
• Decorative advantages: Provides rich texture and a refreshing bicolor palette.

Care and Cultivation

• Watering: Water regularly during the first growing season; thereafter, allow the soil surface to dry slightly between waterings.
• Fertilization: Apply a granular perennial fertilizer in early spring.
• Pruning: Remove spent flowers to encourage continuous production and cut stems back to the ground in early spring.
• Planting: Space plants 45 to 50 cm (18 to 20 inches) apart in soil enriched with compost.
• Winter protection: Apply an organic mulch at the base of the plant to protect the crown during the first few winters.