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Image courtesy of North Creek Nursery



Plant Characteristics

Attributes
  • Container
  • Dried Flower
  • Drought Tolerant
Exposure
  • Sun
Growth Rate
  • Medium
Flower Color
  • Pink
  • Orange
Nature Attraction
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Songbirds
Season of Interest (Foliage)
  • Summer Flowers
Plant Introduction
  • Proven Winner® / ColorChoice®
Best Characteristics
  • Flower
Soil Moisture Needs
  • Average
Plant Type
  • Perennial
Best Usages
  • Mass Planting
  • Landscape Specimen
  • Rock Gardens
  • Border Plant
  • Near Water Gardens or Ponds
  • Accent Plant
 

Homeowner Growing & Maintenance

Big Sky™ 'Summer Sky' Coneflower is easy to grow, and adapts to most conditions. Feed once a year with a slow release fertilizer. To give your plant the best start possible, we include a free fertilizer packet.

Interesting Notes

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CONEFLOWER 'BIG SKY SUMMER SKY'

Echinacea 'Big Sky'™ Series 'Summer Sky' *

Buy Summer Sky Sunset Coneflower online. Another in the Big Sky series from Itsaul Plants,('Katie Saul') has large flat-topped flowers with orange cones and ray flowers that fade in pastel shades from orange to pink like a summer sky at the end of a long hot day. Though delicate in color and fragrance, these strong plants hold up very well and produce long sturdy stems that last as cut flowers. Attracts butterflies and winter feeding birds

Height:

24-30 Inches

Spread:

12-18 Inches

Hardiness Zone:

4-9

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Genus Overview: Echinacea

Common Name: CONEFLOWER

Free with every plant purchased

  • Pre-measured packet of time release fertilizer Keeps your plant well nourished for 1 year.
  • Pre-hydrated Hydro-Gels to include while planting, Hydro- Gels helps retain soil moisture, plants establish quicker with less transplant shock. Plants survive drought condition and accidental missed waterings better.
  • Planting and Care instruction brochure.

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