SIZZLING RED BLOOMS WITH A SWEET FRAGRANCE
FEATURES:
- Cherry red blooms emerge throughout the summer with a sweet fragrance
- Flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators
- Dried seed heads offer winter interest and feed finches and other birds
- Wonderful border perennial, cut flower option or planted by your patio to enjoy all summer long
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Mature Height: 2-3' tall
- Mature Width: 2-3' wide
- Exposure: Full Shade/Part Shade
- Spacing: 2-3' apart
Hot Papaya Coneflower
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Echinacea x 'Hot Papaya'
Regular price
1(866) 873-3888
SIZZLING RED BLOOMS WITH A SWEET FRAGRANCE
FEATURES:
- Cherry red blooms emerge throughout the summer with a sweet fragrance
- Flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators
- Dried seed heads offer winter interest and feed finches and other birds
- Wonderful border perennial, cut flower option or planted by your patio to enjoy all summer long
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships in a plant-safe designed box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Mature Height: 2-3' tall
- Mature Width: 2-3' wide
- Exposure: Full Shade/Part Shade
- Spacing: 2-3' apart
Why plant Hot Papaya Coneflower?
Bright red-orange, papaya colored blooms grace the garden in mid summer with the Hot Papaya Coneflower! Colorful drooping petals surround an orange-red pom-pom-like center. These fiery blooms have a sweet fragrance that will attract butterflies and other pollinators to your landscape while resisting those pesky deer! This one makes a long lasting cut flower and a good border addition, especially when planted in large numbers!
How to use Hot Papaya Coneflower in the landscape?
Hot Papaya Coneflowers demand a planting location front and center as their dramatic blooms will set fire to your summer landscape! A wonderful addition to a cut flower garden or as a perennial border, the Hot Papaya will bring the va-va-voom to your landscape all summer long!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-9
How To Plant Hot Papaya Coneflower
The Hot Papaya Coneflower is a low maintenance stunner! It grows well in average soil, from dry to medium moisture, as long is it drains well. As it settles in, it will become drought, heat and humidity tolerant! Be sure to find it a home in full sun for the best showing, but it can handle part shade as well. Coneflowers love heat, so they're slow to emerge in spring, but be patient - they'll arrive soon enough!
How To Water
Water your new Coneflower as soon as it arrives! While drought tolerant when established, your perennial will need some assistance in the watering department the first year.
How To Fertilize
When it comes to fertilizing your Hot Papaya Coneflower, the best time to do so is in early spring as your Coneflowers are breaking dormancy. They only need to be fertilized once a year but be sure to use an all natural fertilizer like the Bower & Branch Elements Starter Plant Food - chemical fertilizers will burn your plants if over applied!
How To Prune
Deadheading spent flowers will keep plants looking their freshest, but the seedheads do provide winter interest, so leave them alone to enjoy four-season beauty. Cut old stems down before new growth appears in spring.
