Echinacea Green Envy Plant

It is growing in part shade.

Echinacea green envy plant.

Easy to grow prolific bloomer. If removing them leave the foliage at the base of the plant to overwinter. Kim s knee high double decker razzmatazz green envy are all purpureas. This is the 2nd season echinacea green envy bloomed for me in my zone 7b garden.

Cheyenne spirit harvest moon sunrise are hybrids of purpurea crossed with other echinaceas like paradoxa not known for their medicinal qualities. A stellar improvement over green envy. Noted for its unusual color echinacea purpurea green jewel is a very unique coneflower with huge fragrant flowers up to 5 in. Actually the plain old echinacea purpurea is one of the best as are echinacea angustifolia and pallida.

Across 12 cm adorned with a skirt of bright jade green ray florets held slightly above the horizontal surrounding a central deep green cone. I love the unique purple flowers with green edges around the petals. The flowers emerge with lovely rounded petals with pink tones near the green cone. Plants grow vigorously in the garden reaching 40 tall.

Green jewel coneflower boasts a fresh blossom color with fragrance. Well branched its numerous flowering stems are sturdy and held upright. As the flowers mature the petals elongate and the deep green cone gradually changes to dark purple. Ultra hardy coneflower overwinter well and is destined to become a garden favorite.

Though they will tolerate light shade fewer flowers will be produced and the plants will be weakened. 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. If you are going to be harvesting the roots. Blooms nonstop from summer fall.

Bought this plant 6 years ago and bloomed beautifully the year i bought it. Well branched and budded with over 20 blooms per plant large fragrant blooms are 4 5 across. Across 12 cm the blooms elongate from their rounded shape and their cone takes on a rich purple hue. Green envy echinacea is a true collector s plant with rare greenish white flowers.

Coneflowers like it sunny and hot. 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. These blooms are the perfect cooling element between bright hued perennials and glow when paired with dark foliage like black lace elderberry. Plants grow to a tidy 2 feet tall and are hardy in zones 3 to 8.

Deadheading will prevent seeding but birds are crazy about the seeds and the seedheads are attractive in the winter especially in the snow. May be slow to emerge in the spring. On jan 24 2013 schmeeges from sintaluta canada wrote.