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Echinacea 'Green Woodpecker'

Green echinacea with a real wow factor

Grown by Jack

Hereford

Premium Plant in a 3L Pot

£20

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The highlights

  • 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

Description

  • Truly spectacular! This unusual echinacea has a central green cone surrounded by petals which start bright green at the tips, turning mint green and white towards the ends
  • Blooms from June all the way to September and beyond
  • A compact, clump-forming perennial plant with high resistance to pests and diseases and excellent drought tolerance
  • Loves sun but can tolerate some shade - plant in pots, beds or borders as part of a wildlife, meadow, prairie or cottage garden planting scheme
  • Makes brilliant cut flowers
  • Nectar rich and highly beneficial to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects as well as birds, who love to eat the seeds from the cones in winter

What To Expect

Supplied as:

3L Pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

40cm

Eventual spread:

40cm
Spreads approx 40cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Green
Green shaded petals surrounding an equally green centre

Habit:

Clump forming/upright
Upright flower stems rise from clumps of foliage

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H5 - Hardy through most of the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open or exposed sites.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

40cm
Plant 40cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Virtually pest and disease free

Water regularly in summer

This plant needs nothing more than rain water throughout most of the year. During hot, prolonged dry periods in summer however, you may have to give the plant a good watering several times a week. If the plant starts to look distressed and the soil around it is very dry, then give the plant some more water and check up on it the next day.

Full sun to partial shade

Does best in full sun (6-8 hours daily) but can tolerate a litttle shade

Any fertile, well-drained soil

Plant in any well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly poor or clay heavy, add some garden compost with perlite to improve drainage. If it it dry, add some compost or well rotted manure.

Feeding not required

This is a low maintenance plant which gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil.

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Hereford

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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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