Echinacea SUNSEEKERS® ‘Sweet Fuchsia’

Common Name:
Coneflower 'Sunseekers Sweet Fuchsia'

Description:
Echinacea SUNSEEKERS® ‘Sweet Fuchsia’ is a vibrant, compact coneflower variety adored for its eye-catching fuchsia-pink blooms and long-lasting performance through the warmer months. Part of the Sunseekers® series, this cultivar features semi-double flowers with bold, slightly frilled petals and a prominent coppery-bronze cone that intensifies in colour as the flower matures. Flowering begins in early summer and continues well into autumn, providing months of brilliant colour. Its compact, upright habit makes it perfect for small gardens, containers, and mixed borders. Thriving in Melbourne’s full sun conditions, it prefers well-drained soil and benefits from regular deadheading to promote continuous blooms. Highly attractive to pollinators, 'Sunseekers Sweet Fuchsia' is both heat and drought tolerant once established, making it a resilient choice for modern perennial gardens.

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:
Fuchsia pink
Coppery-bronze 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:
Lavender
Salvia
Coreopsis
Sedum
Achillea (Yarrow)
Nepeta (Catmint)

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.