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Description

Echinacea are among the most versatile and rewarding perennials you can grow, and the 'Breeders' Mix is especially exciting. It offers a kaleidoscope of flower shapes and colours that keeps you guessing from one plant to the next. Each summer, your garden becomes a stage for an unpredictable show of daisy-like blooms that stand proudly on strong stems, making a bold statement in beds, borders or pots.

Flowering begins in June and continues through to November's chills, so you'll enjoy reliable colour right through to autumn, with plants that soar up to 100cm tall. The flowers themselves vary enormously, as some boast classic petals and others are quilled or ruffled, showing off shades spanning pink, purple, white, orange and more.

They thrive in sunny, well-drained soil, cope brilliantly with dry conditions once established, and come back year after year with strength and vigour. Plus, their wildlife value is extraordinary! Bees and butterflies flock to them, while the prominent seedheads left over in winter provide food for birds and visual interest in frosty borders.

They are also superb cut flowers, with long stems and lasting vase life, so you'll have plenty to bring indoors as well as enjoy outdoors.

Supplied as a set of six bare root plants, ready to plant.

Top Tips

Plant echinacea in groups or drifts for maximum impact. Not only will the mass of colour look amazing, but pollinators will find them irresistible, keeping your garden buzzing with life all summer.

Care Information

On Arrival:

Open your package as soon as it arrives and check the bare roots.
Soak the roots in a bucket of cool, clean water for 2-3 hours to rehydrate them before planting.
If you can�t plant right away, wrap them in damp newspaper or pop them in moist compost in a cool, frost-free spot. Don�t allow them to dry out.

Planting:

Choose a sunny position with well-drained soil. Echinacea thrive in light, open conditions and dislike waterlogged sites.
Prepare the soil by digging in compost or well-rotted manure to boost establishment.
Dig a hole wide enough to spread the roots comfortably. Place the crown (where the shoots meet the roots) level with the soil surface.
Backfill, firm the soil gently and water thoroughly.
Space plants about 40-60cm apart to allow for their spread as they mature.

Aftercare:

Keep the soil evenly moist while plants establish during their first season.
Once established, echinacea are drought tolerant, needing only the occasional deep soak in extended dry spells.
Apply a balanced fertiliser in spring as growth begins to give them a boost.
Deadhead spent flowers regularly to prolong the flowering season.
Leave some seedheads on the plants in autumn, as they will provide food for birds and look attractive through winter.
Cut stems back to ground level in late autumn or early spring.
Mulch around the crown in autumn to enrich the soil and help conserve moisture.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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