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Coneflower Watermelon Sugar

Common Name: Coneflower

Botanical Name: Echinacea

Variety: Watermelon Sugar

Blossom Color: Magenta-Pink

Bloom Time: Jul-Sep

Zone: 4 to 8

Exposure: Sun or Part Shade

Mature Height: 22-26"

Mature Width: 20-24"

Notes: DOUBLE DIPPED® Echinacea have large, fully double 4½" flowers with wide, overlapping ray petals. Each variety has substantial landscape size at 2-2½' tall, perfect for the middle of the border. Strong, well-branched stems support the large, numerous heavy flowers with ease. Mounded habit of dark green foliage. Best performance comes in full sun and well-drained soils. Double pompom flowers open magenta pink before maturing to a medium pink. Flowers are produced over a large rosette of foliage with almost no exposed stem.