Echinacea SOMBRERO™ DOUBLE PINK coneflower
size/type
mid-sized perennial,mid-sized perennial
usual height
0,5-0,7m
usual width
0,3-0,5m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
July-September
location
full sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist but well-drained
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
SOMBRERO™ is a coneflower series bred by American breeder of Chinese origin Jianping Ren from Pan American Seed Company. The plants are renowned for deep flower colours, shorter growth, compact and very bushy habit, and very importantly reliable hardiness down to -34°C. Plants are distributed in Europe by their Kieft Seeds from the Netherlands.
Description of the plant:
SOMBRERO™ DOUBLE PINK is a sensational hybrid coneflower introduction from 2024. It bears fully double flowers which look like a lump of raspberry flavoured whipped cream on a small pink plate, topped with pistachio cream and a bit of tangerine glacé at the very top. How delicious is this! 😊 In botanical words, it is a fully double pastel pink flower with a few deep orange stamens surrounded by a pale green ring at the very top. The flowers hide plenty of nectar attractive for butterflies and bumble bees, but as the flowers are rather chunky and double, bees have no chance this time. Deadhead spent flowers regularly and feed the plants every two weeks during summer. Leaves are medium green, lanceolate, and may suffer from diseases if grown in wet or compacted soil.The plant is usually trouble-free and resistant, just be careful if slugs are present in your garden. Since coneflowers emerge quite late, often when slugs are already in their lethal strength, they could gobble up newly emerging foliage totally and thus destroy the plant before it even comes out.
Coneflower will tolerate almost any soil type but boggy. It loves full sun. It is suitable for mixed perennial borders, it can be used as a flowering feature among low shrubs and dwarf conifers, and it looks especially lovely mass planted in large containers on patios and balconies. Make sure they have good drainage. Fully hardy to min -34°C (USDA zone 4).
Last update 11-07-2024
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
