'Delicious Candy' Coneflower (Echinacea)

(Coneflower) Add this eye candy to your butterfly garden… Echinacea Delicious Candy! This compact coneflower stands 18-24 inches tall and spreads up to 14-16 inches wide. The intense pink blooms of the double coneflower glow in the garden. Each flower head features large deep pink cones with a dark eye and horizontal pink petals. Echinacea Delicious Candy is one of the earliest coneflowers to bloom and continues well into late summer. The deep green foliage compliments the bright blooms. Coneflower is a staple perennial in many gardens and prefers to be grown in full sun to part shade locations. With average to low water needs once established, Echinacea can tolerate poor to fertile soil conditions. Enjoy the butterflies and hummingbirds and songbirds that will be checking your flowers out. Echinacea Delicious Candy Coneflower is an easy-to-grow, native perennial perfect for mass planting, borders, or as a specimen. Be sure to leave a few of your spent blooms to dry as it makes great food for the finches in the winter.