Echinacea SunMagic® Vintage White
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Echinacea SunMagic® Vintage White: Branching White Blooms That Calm the Chaos
Broad, flat white petals around a prominent cone, as clean as a freshly made hotel bed. This coneflower brings calm to the chaos and makes every hot colour beside it look more expensive. FIVE-STAR SERVICE, NO TIPPING.
Plant Characteristics:
- Botanical Name: Echinacea hybrid
- Common Name: Coneflower
- Series: SunMagic® Vintage, from Bull Plant Genetics
- Height: 45–60 cm (18–24 in)
- Spread: 45–60 cm (18–24 in)
- Flowers: Large daisies with broad, flat white petals around a prominent central cone
- Bloom Time: Early summer to early fall (June to September)
- Foliage: Green, on a compact, mounding, well-branched plant
- Features: Good cut flower
Where to Plant: Tuck it between strong colours in a sunny border, or plant a few in a moon garden where pale flowers stand out in the evening. Its compact size works in containers and small front yards too.
Companion Plants: Plant Vintage White in a sunny, dry bed with purple phlox, mahogany pea flowers and pink cranesbill. Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty' carpets the front at 10 to 15 cm with purple flowers in May and June. Geranium 'Striatum' adds pale pink, veined flowers at 15 to 20 cm from June to August. Baptisia 'Honey Roasted' brings mahogany and yellow spikes at 90 to 105 cm in June and July. Andropogon gerardii rises at the back to 120 to 200 cm, turning copper-bronze in fall.
Plant Care: Plant in full sun, in average, well-drained soil. Coneflowers manage clay, but avoid spots where water pools in winter, since soggy crowns are what usually kill hybrid coneflowers. Water regularly the first season, then only in long dry spells. Skip heavy feeding. Deadhead spent blooms to keep new ones coming. Leave the final seed heads standing for birds and winter interest, and cut back in early spring. Divide in spring only if the clump gets crowded.
History: The SunMagic® Vintage series was bred by Bull Plant Genetics in Germany for plants that branch from the base and carry flowers on every stem. White forms of coneflower turn up now and then in wild Echinacea populations, and the genus name comes from the Greek for hedgehog, after the spiny cone.
Final Thoughts: Mix it into a riot of reds and pinks and watch the whole border relax. THE GARDEN JUST CHECKED INTO A SPA.