Echinacea Plants

You wanted colour? You got it in bucket loads! Echinaceas (AKA ‘coneflowers’) are some of the brightest, most beautiful flowers in the garden – and they've got stamina, too, lasting all the way from June to October. Named after the Greek word for 'hedgehog' due to their spiny centres, they're a big hit with wildlife, too, attracting bees, butterflies and birds to your garden. Our echinacea plants are grown with love in Herefordshire by our grower, Jack, using sustainable methods, and with UK garden conditions firmly in mind.

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Red' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Red'

    Cheery red, easy care and long flowering

    • Bright red coneflowers with a warm bronze centre
    • Flowers all summer from June to September
    • Brings colour to beds, borders and pots
    • Loved by pollinators

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  • Echinacea 'Parrot'
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    Echinacea 'Parrot'

    Who's a pretty echinacea, then?

    • Bright red and yellow petals surrounding a red-brown cone
    • Abundant flowers from June right up to the first frosts
    • Compact and perfect for showing off in pots
    • Attracts bees and butterflies

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  • Echinacea 'Delicious Candy' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'Delicious Candy'

    Candy pink and loved by bees

    • Bright pink flower heads with pompom-like cones
    • Flowers all summer from June to September
    • Plant in pots, borders and wildlife gardens
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Orange' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Orange'

    The summer's hottest shade

    • Sunset orange flowers with a rich orange-brown cone
    • Flowers profusely from June to September
    • Team with purples, or with reds and yellows in a hot border
    • Compact and perfect for pots

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Salmon' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Salmon'

    Abundant flowers in classic colours

    • Vintage shades of salmon pink and soft yellow, maturing to pastel pink
    • Flowers prolifically from June to September
    • Plant in patio pots or mixed borders
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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  • Echinacea 'Mooodz Satisfy' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'Mooodz Satisfy'

    Deep pink-orange blooms to brighten your summer

    • Vibrant pink-orange flowers with a central dark cone
    • Flowers prolifically from July to September
    • Perfect for a front border position or patio pots
    • Attracts bees and butterflies

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers White Perfection' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers White Perfection'

    The perfect colour combination

    • Creamy white double flowers with a dark green centre
    • Blooms prolifically all summer and into autumn
    • Plant in borders, meadow gardens and pots
    • Won't fade even in direct sunlight

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Bubblelicious' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Bubblelicious'

    The bubblegum pink border plant

    • Non-fading, bubblegum pink flowers
    • Flowers all summer long
    • Plant in pots or in a front border position
    • Ideal for cut flowers

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  • Ultimate Echinacea Collection
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    Ultimate Echinacea Collection

    Are any flowers more vibrant?

    • A range of vividly-coloured coneflowers
    • Ideal for a sunny border front or patio
    • Flowers from June to September
    • An excellent choice for late summer interest

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  • Echinacea 'Carrot Cake'
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    Echinacea 'Carrot Cake'

    The sweetest orange tones

    • Bright orange central cones surrounded by orange toned petals
    • Flowers all summer from June to September
    • Super compact and quick growing - perfect for pots
    • Attracts wildlife to the garden

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Pomegranate' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Pomegranate'

    Packs a colourful punch

    • As the name suggests, loves full sun!
    • Plant in drifts with other tall perennials
    • Alluring flowers from July to September
    • A fabulous plant for pollinators

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  • Echinacea 'Sensation Pink' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'Sensation Pink'

    The hottest pink blooms, all summer long

    • Vivid, hot pink flowers with bronze-orange centres
    • Summer-long flowers from June to September
    • Great for growing in pots
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Sweet Fuchsia' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Sweet Fuchsia'

    The fuchsia is bright....pink!

    • Fuchsia pink petals surrounding a brown central disc
    • Blooms right from June into autumn
    • Perfect for a wildlife friendly border
    • Attracts bees and butterflies

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Rainbow' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Rainbow'

    A multi-toned rainbow of pink and yellow

    • Flowers start off yellow and turn to a rainbow of pink shades
    • Flowers abundantly from July to September
    • Plant in drifts in a border or wildflower garden
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Tequila Sunrise' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Tequila Sunrise'

    Shades of a tropical sky

    • Warm sunrise reds and yellows radiating from a brown central cone
    • Long lasting flowers right from June to autumn
    • Long, sturdy stems perfect for cutting
    • Grow in pots, borders and wildlife meadows

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  • Echinacea 'Green Woodpecker'
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    Echinacea 'Green Woodpecker'

    Green echinacea with a real wow factor

    • Petals in shades of mint and bright green radiating from a green centre
    • Flowers all summer from June to September
    • Show this one off in patio pots or at the front of a border
    • Oscar Wilde would totally have worn it as a buttonhole

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  • Echinacea 'Delicious Nougat'
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    Echinacea 'Delicious Nougat'

    Irresistibly sweet lime and cream pompoms

    • Creamy white petals framing a fluffy, lime green centre
    • Flowers right from June to the first frosts of autumn
    • Compact and perfect for pots
    • A striking addition to meadow and wildlife gardens

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Mellow'
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Mellow'

    A ray of sunshine for the border

    • Warm orange-yellow petals surrounding a green central cone
    • Flowers all summer long from June into autumn
    • Long sturdy stems, ideal for cutting
    • Attracts wildlife to the garden

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  • Echinacea 'Butterfly Kisses'
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    Echinacea 'Butterfly Kisses'

    Perfect pink pompoms

    • Pastel pink ray petals surrounding a fluffy pink centre
    • Blooms prolifically all summer and into autumn
    • A dwarf variety that's at home in a pot or at the front of a border
    • Butterflies (and bees) adore them

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  • Echinacea 'White Meditation' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'White Meditation'

    Supersized daisies

    • Tolerates partial shade but prefers full sun
    • Plant in a cottage garden or wildlife meadow
    • Cheery flowers from July to September
    • Brings the bees

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Coral' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Coral'

    Adds a tropical touch

    • Likes full sun (at least 6-8 hours daily)
    • Ideal for a border crammed with colour
    • Stylish flowers from July to September
    • Works wonderfully in a bouquet

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  • Echinacea 'Mooodz Sympathy' Perennial Bedding
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    Echinacea 'Mooodz Sympathy'

    Glorious rusty orange cones

    • Prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade
    • Perfect for both borders and pots
    • Cheery flowers from July to September
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden

Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.

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Which echinacea?

Which echinacea?

This colourful species has plant varieties in an extensive range of happy hues, including yellow, orange, pink, green and white. Echinacea flowers grow on upright stems, with eventual heights varying from below 0.5m all the way up to a hefty 1.5m. Some varieties, like Parrot, have single flowers, whilst others, such as Delicious Candy, feature double flowers. All echinaceas are united by their distinctive central cone and downwards-facing petals.

Planting schemes and partners

Planting schemes and partners

One of the beautiful things about echinaceas is that they suit such a wide variety of planting schemes. From expansive prairie-style gardens to quintessential cottage gardens, and from meadow/wildflower gardens to sun-soaked coastal plots, echinacea does it all! Plant your echinacea alongside achillea, lavender and salvia to create a perennial display bursting with colour and teeming with wildlife. Limited on space? Echinacea will happily take on the role of “pot plant extraordinaire” and shine on a patio.

Growing tips

Growing tips

Given the choice, echinaceas would probably sun themselves on a tanning bed all day – that’s how much they love the big blob in the sky. Don’t worry, though, you can still grow your echinacea in part-shaded areas. Echinaceas do best in slightly acidic to neutral, moderately fertile soil that drains well, however they will tolerate most soil conditions. Water your echinacea whilst establishing to keep it happy, and consider applying a balanced, slow-release fertiliser during the spring. Apply a well rotted manure mulch to the base of your plant in spring. If overcrowded, divide in the autumn or spring.

Echinacea FAQs

Where can I grow echinacea in the UK?

Echinacea plants thrive in a position with full sun and well drained soil. They can be grown in beds, borders, or containers provided there is plenty of sunlight and good air circulation.

When is the best time to plant echinacea in the UK?

Plant your echinacea in spring or early summer after the last frost has passed. This gives the plants a nice long growing season before winter sets in.

How do I care for echinacea plants?

Water your echinaceas deeply but not too often. They prefer a slightly drier soil, so make sure you allow the soil to dry out between waterings. You can also add a bit of general purpose fertiliser in spring, and a layer of mulch to keep weeds down around the plant. When the flowers fade, deadhead them and the plant will be encouraged to produce more.

How do I propagate echinacea plants?

You can make more echinacea plants by dividing the clumps. Division is best done in spring or autumn. Simply dig up the clump, separate it into smaller sections, and replant these elsewhere.

When do echinacea plants bloom?

Echinacea plants flower from midsummer to early autumn: you can extend this by deadheading the plants regularly so that they produce more flowers.

How do I care for echinacea plants in the winter?

Echinacea is generally hardy in the UK and can survive the winter without much protection. However, they do benefit from a mulch around the base of the plants to insulate the roots and provide some extra protection during cold weather.

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