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Echinacea Seeds - White Swan
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White Swan Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea alba) - Huge, pure white, wonderfully fragrant blooms burst on top of these hardy, drought tolerant native plants that bloom freely over a very long season. It is simply one of the most beautiful plants for the garden!
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Flower Specifications
SEEDS PER POUND
150,000
SEASON
Perennial
USDA ZONES
3 - 9
HEIGHT
24 - 30 inches
BLOOM SEASON
Summer
BLOOM COLOR
White
ENVIRONMENT
Full sun to partial shade
SOIL TYPE
Loam, clay, or rocky material, pH 6.1 - 7.8
DEER RESISTANT
Yes
HOUSE PLANT
No
LATIN NAME
Echinacea Purpurea
White Swan Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea alba) - It has a wonderful scent that you will love to add to your xeriscape flower garden. Huge, pure white, wonderfully fragrant blooms burst on top of these hardy native plants that bloom freely over a very long season. White Swan Coneflower is simply one of the most beautiful plants for the garden, and they easily establish from Echinacea seeds.
Excellent for cutting
Coneflowers offer a long bloom season and blooms that are excellent for cutting as well as drying and preserving. They are also ideal for a large planting, creating a naturalized woodland or meadow setting.
Coneflower seed | white swan
How to Grow
Echinacea Coneflower is easy to start from flower seed. This flower will bloom the first year and for many years thereafter, lasting through the worst heat and dry weather summer has to offer. Sow Echinacea flower seed outdoors in prepared soil after danger of frost has passed. Lightly rake soil over the top of the flower seeds and keep them moist until germination.
Cut back stems as the blooms fade to encourage further flower production. Echinacea take a wide array of conditions from average dry soil to medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full sun. Plant flowers best in full sun. Low-maintenance and tolerates drought, humidity, heat, poor soil.
- Sowing Rate: 11 pounds per acre or 3 - 4 seeds per plant
- Average Germ Time: 21 - 28 days
- keep moist until germination
- Attracts bees and butterflies
- Depth: 1/8 inch
Flower Specifications
White Coneflower is a very rewarding perennial to grow with their pure white blooms that are 4 - 5 inches wide. These long-stemmed, bushy plants reach 24 - 30 inches in height and form a rounded clump. The blooms are on very sturdy stems from late spring till the cool temperatures of fall set in. These flowers are lovely in the perennial flower bed or garden.
- Height: 24 - 30 inches
- USDA Zones: 3 - 9
- Season: Perennial
- Deer Resistant: Yes
- Drought Resistant: Yes