Echinacea x hybrida 'Soft Orange'

Common Name:
Soft Orange Coneflower

Description:
Echinacea x hybrida 'Soft Orange' is a vibrant, herbaceous perennial prized for its warm, sunset-toned blooms and long-lasting garden performance. A modern cultivar from the hybrid coneflower series, it features bold, daisy-like flowers with soft orange petals surrounding a prominent central cone that deepens to copper as the season progresses. Flowering prolifically from late spring through to early autumn, this variety is a magnet for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, making it a top choice for wildlife-friendly planting schemes in Melbourne gardens. The plant forms a tidy, upright clump of lance-shaped green foliage and thrives in full sun with well-drained soil. 'Soft Orange' is drought-tolerant once established and well-suited to borders, mixed perennial beds, or large pots. Deadheading spent blooms will encourage continued flowering, and the dried seed heads can be left on in autumn for added structure and to feed visiting birds.

Form:
Shrub - Small
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 50 – 70 cm
Width: 40 – 60 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
Soft Orange
Copper Centre

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Bee Attracting
Bird Attracting (seed heads)
Perennial
Drought Tolerant
Herbaceous
Long Flowering Season
Suitable for Cut Flowers
Low Maintenance

Toxicity:
Non-toxic to humans and animals

Companion Plants:
Rudbeckia fulgida
Salvia nemorosa
Lavandula spp.
Gaillardia spp.
Achillea millefolium

For more information and photos of this species, Warners Nursery has detailed information available to the public here