Echinacea SUNSEEKERS® ‘Scarlet’

Common Name:
Coneflower 'Sunseekers Scarlet'

Description:
Echinacea SUNSEEKERS® ‘Scarlet’ is a dazzling, compact perennial known for its vivid scarlet-red blooms and impressive flowering display over the warmer months. Part of the prolific Sunseekers® series, this variety showcases semi-double flowers with bold, velvety petals surrounding a prominent bronze-orange cone, creating a dramatic contrast that draws pollinators and garden admirers alike. It begins blooming in early summer and continues through to mid-autumn, especially when regularly deadheaded. This coneflower thrives in Melbourne’s full sun conditions, preferring free-draining soil and tolerating periods of heat and dryness once established. With its tidy, bushy form and sturdy flowering stems, 'Sunseekers Scarlet' is ideal for containers, small garden spaces, borders, and mass plantings. It also performs well as a cut flower and is highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Form:
Shrub - Small
Herbaceous

Mature Size:
Height: 40–50 cm
Width: 30–40 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun

Flowering:
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
Scarlet red
Bronze-orange cone

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Bee Attracting
Bird Attracting
Perennial
Herbaceous
Suitable for Cut Flowers
Drought Tolerant once established
Heat Tolerant

Toxicity:
Not considered toxic to humans or animals.

Companion Plants:
Coreopsis
Salvia
Rudbeckia
Lavender
Nepeta (Catmint)
Sedum

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
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