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Echinacea 'Hot Lava' (PBR)
coneflower
Deep orange-red petals flare out from a bright orange cone creating a flying saucer look that looks fab in borders or prairie-style...
3 × 9cm pots
£24.75
£33.00
available to order from late spring
9cm pot
£9.74
£12.99
available to order from late spring
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Plant description
Deep orange-red petals flare out from a bright orange cone creating a flying saucer look that looks fab in borders or prairie-style settings. The flowers are really bright, so are great for catching the eye from a distance. Great in hot-themed borders, or for a vivid contrast pair it with purple.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
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Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Average
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Echinacea Hot Lava (PBR):
Lift and divide congested colonies in autumn or spring. In autumn cut back all dead flower stems to the ground. Coneflowers benefit from a spring or autumn mulch with well-rotted compost.
Please note:
This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
Plants birds love in the winter garden
As frost descends and the leaves gather on the lawn, the most important colour is red because it glows against the backdrop of fading stems in muddy shades of khaki, grey and brown. Red’s the colour that fixes the rest of the palette and luckily red berri
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