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Echinacea 'Kismet Intense Orange' - CONEFLOWER 'KISMET INTENSE ORANGE'
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ECH-KIS-INOR
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$8.99
New hybrid coneflower with compact upright habit, large bright orange flowers and very long flowering season from June to September.
Top performer at Mt. Cuba trials, gained 4.5 stars out of 5. Also voted among top 5 visitor's favorite. Unfortunately it is not pollinator magnet as some other coneflowers, but it still ranked on 20th position out of 75 trialed cultivar.
1.5' tall and wide, dense growth, narrower leaves show parentage of narrow- leaf coneflowers = great tolerance to drought, heat and humidity.
Kismet series offer higher amount of flower and better garden adaptability. "100% survival at zone 3 University of MN West Central Research and Outreach Center after winter 2017. Won “Too Good to Wait Performer” at Colorado State Perennial Trials 2017. One of Vaughn Fletcher's "Phenomenal Perennials" in Greenhouse Product News January 2018." Terra Nova Nurseries.
Blooming time : June to September/October
Size : 24" tall with flowers (foliage 16") x 18 " wide
USDA zones : 3/4 to 9
Culture : full sun, average soil with some drainage (add coarse sand, fine gravel), drained soil, drier clay. The coneflower hybrids do not like acidic soils and winter moisture. Tolerant to shallower soils. Avoid waterlogged, cold and constantly moist soils.
Moisture Needs : medium to medium-dry, dry, tolerant to summer droughts
Origin : Terra Nova Nursery hybrid. Patented variety, under technical cultivar name 'TNECHKIO' and number PP28769. Propagation is prohibited.
Deer/rabbit resistant : yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators : yes, but not that many as wild form or some other cultivars
Attracts Hummingbirds : no
Plant combinations : Best planted in late spring through very early fall, so it can establish before winter. Accent in flower borders, prairie style plantings, public spaces, xeriscape. Great with many native perennials - Agastache, summer blooming Allium, Amsonia, Asclepias, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Callirhoe, Caryopteris, Coreopsis, Dalea, Eryngium, Gaura, most of hardy Geraniums, Heliopsis, Helianthus, Lavandula, Liatris, Limonium, Monarda, Nepeta, Origanum, Perovskia, Rudbeckia (R. fulgida var. deamii, R. fulgida var. speciosa, R. 'American Gold Rush'), Salvia, Scutellaria incana, Sedum, Solidago, Sisyrinchium, Stachys, Vernonia, Veronica spicata or Veronica incana hybrids. skia, Salvia or grasses like Boutelloua gracilis, Eragrostis spectabilis, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus heterolepis, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Pot size : square 3.5 " x 5" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright : Terra Nova nursery
Echinacea 'Kismet Intense Orange' - CONEFLOWER 'KISMET INTENSE ORANGE'
$8.99
New hybrid coneflower with compact upright habit, large bright orange flowers and very long flowering season from June to September.
Top performer at Mt. Cuba trials, gained 4.5 stars out of 5. Also voted among top 5 visitor's favorite. Unfortunately it is not pollinator magnet as some other coneflowers, but it still ranked on 20th position out of 75 trialed cultivar.
1.5' tall and wide, dense growth, narrower leaves show parentage of narrow- leaf coneflowers = great tolerance to drought, heat and humidity.
Kismet series offer higher amount of flower and better garden adaptability. "100% survival at zone 3 University of MN West Central Research and Outreach Center after winter 2017. Won “Too Good to Wait Performer” at Colorado State Perennial Trials 2017. One of Vaughn Fletcher's "Phenomenal Perennials" in Greenhouse Product News January 2018." Terra Nova Nurseries.
Blooming time : June to September/October
Size : 24" tall with flowers (foliage 16") x 18 " wide
USDA zones : 3/4 to 9
Culture : full sun, average soil with some drainage (add coarse sand, fine gravel), drained soil, drier clay. The coneflower hybrids do not like acidic soils and winter moisture. Tolerant to shallower soils. Avoid waterlogged, cold and constantly moist soils.
Moisture Needs : medium to medium-dry, dry, tolerant to summer droughts
Origin : Terra Nova Nursery hybrid. Patented variety, under technical cultivar name 'TNECHKIO' and number PP28769. Propagation is prohibited.
Deer/rabbit resistant : yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators : yes, but not that many as wild form or some other cultivars
Attracts Hummingbirds : no
Plant combinations : Best planted in late spring through very early fall, so it can establish before winter. Accent in flower borders, prairie style plantings, public spaces, xeriscape. Great with many native perennials - Agastache, summer blooming Allium, Amsonia, Asclepias, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Callirhoe, Caryopteris, Coreopsis, Dalea, Eryngium, Gaura, most of hardy Geraniums, Heliopsis, Helianthus, Lavandula, Liatris, Limonium, Monarda, Nepeta, Origanum, Perovskia, Rudbeckia (R. fulgida var. deamii, R. fulgida var. speciosa, R. 'American Gold Rush'), Salvia, Scutellaria incana, Sedum, Solidago, Sisyrinchium, Stachys, Vernonia, Veronica spicata or Veronica incana hybrids. skia, Salvia or grasses like Boutelloua gracilis, Eragrostis spectabilis, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus heterolepis, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Pot size : square 3.5 " x 5" deep perennial pot
Picture copyright : Terra Nova nursery
