Echinacea Coneflower Prairie Blaze Golden Yellow #1

Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Blaze Golden Yellow' is a compact, uniform, perennial coneflower variety highly prized for being the first-ever open-pollinated Echinacea series optimized to grow true novelty colors straight from seed. Bred by Syngenta Flowers and recognized as a Fleuroselect Approved Novelty, this plant provides the vibrant look of expensive tissue-culture varieties with the economic efficiency of seed-raised crops. 

• Appearance: Features 3 to 3.5-inch daisy-like blooms of a true golden-yellow color. The slightly recurved and quilled ray petals encircle a prominent, coppery-bronze central cone. Flowers grow on strongly branched, uniform stems. 
• Size & Growth: A dense, upright herbaceous perennial reaching 14 to 18 inches in height and an 8 to 9-inch spread. 
• Hardiness: Highly adaptable, thrives in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 through 9. 
• Light & Water: Requires Full Sun (6+ hours of daily direct sunlight). Once established, it is remarkably heat-loving and drought-tolerant. 
• Bloom Time: Flowers generously from mid-spring or early summer through autumn (July to October). It is a first-year flowering perennial that does not require vernalization (a cold period) to set blooms. 
• Ecological Value: Excellent for attracting birds, bees, and butterflies while remaining notably deer-resistant. 
• Containers: Perfectly scaled for patio pots, mixed seasonal arrangements, and window boxes (ideally suited for 1-quart to 3-quart container sizes).
• Borders & Mass Plantings: Excellent for low-maintenance border edging, rock gardens, and mass landscape sweeps.
• Cut Flower Gardens: The rigid, strong stems and unique coloration make them enduring cut flowers for fresh floral arrangements.