Echinacea Green Envy Plant

Across 12 cm adorned with a skirt of bright jade green ray florets held slightly above the horizontal surrounding a central deep green cone.

Echinacea green envy plant.

Echinacea purpurea is a wildflower native to the eastern united states and is well adapted to survive the hot windy conditions typical of that region if properly cared for they will form attractive colonies and will live for many years. Ultra hardy coneflower overwinter well and is destined to become a garden favorite. The flowers emerge with lovely rounded petals with pink tones near the green cone. It is growing in part shade.

As the flowers mature the petals elongate and the deep green cone gradually changes to dark purple. Easy to grow prolific bloomer. Actually the plain old echinacea purpurea is one of the best as are echinacea angustifolia and pallida. Across 12 cm the blooms elongate from their rounded shape and their cone takes on a rich purple hue.

May be slow to emerge in the spring. Noted for its unusual color echinacea purpurea green jewel is a very unique coneflower with huge fragrant flowers up to 5 in. On jan 24 2013 schmeeges from sintaluta canada wrote. Light green petals radiate from a green cone.

Their diligent work paid off with green twister. If you are going to be harvesting the roots. Well branched and budded with over 20 blooms per plant large fragrant blooms are 4 5 across. Blooms nonstop from summer fall.

Plants grow vigorously in the garden reaching 40 tall. If removing them leave the foliage at the base of the plant to overwinter. I love the unique purple flowers with green edges around the petals. Kim s knee high double decker razzmatazz green envy are all purpureas.

Plants grow to a tidy 2 feet tall and are hardy in zones 3 to 8. Though they will tolerate light shade fewer flowers will be produced and the plants will be weakened. Well branched its numerous flowering stems are sturdy and held upright. This is the 2nd season echinacea green envy bloomed for me in my zone 7b garden.

A stellar improvement over green envy. These blooms are the perfect cooling element between bright hued perennials and glow when paired with dark foliage like black lace elderberry. Green jewel coneflower boasts a fresh blossom color with fragrance. Bought this plant 6 years ago and bloomed beautifully the year i bought it.

A very unusual coneflower variety echinacea purpurea green envy is noted for its flowers which open mint green and gradually turn pale purple near the center while retaining their lime green color at their petal tips. Cheyenne spirit harvest moon sunrise are hybrids of purpurea crossed with other echinaceas like paradoxa not known for their medicinal qualities. Deadheading will prevent seeding but birds are crazy about the seeds and the seedheads are attractive in the winter especially in the snow.