Prairie Splendor Deep Rose Echinacea
Growing Prairie Splendor Deep Rose Echinacea
‘Prairie Splendor Deep Rose’ is a Fleuroselect Gold Medal-winning echinacea prized for its early flowering, compact growth, and exceptional flower production. Large rose-red, daisy-like blooms appear on well-branched, upright plants reaching about 16 to 20 inches tall, bringing vibrant perennial color from early summer through frost.
Plant ‘Prairie Splendor Deep Rose’ seeds about ⅛ inch deep and space plants 18 to 24 inches apart. Grow in full sun. Germination typically takes 10 to 20 days after stratification. This drought-tolerant variety is especially well suited to containers and smaller gardens.
Ready to bloom in about 100 days, enjoy the flowers as they open and reach their best display stage. Continuous flowering provides long-lasting garden color along with sturdy stems for cutting.
Compact, colorful, and long blooming, ‘Prairie Splendor Deep Rose’ is an excellent choice for borders, containers, perennial beds, cut flower gardens, and pollinator-friendly plantings.
- Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
- Days to Maturity: 90–100 Days (Blooms First Year)
- Plant Spacing: 18–24 Inches
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun
- Plant Height: 16–20 Inches
- Bloom Size: 3–4 Inches
- Bloom Color: Deep Rose with Prominent Cone
- Growth Habit: Upright, Well-Branched
- Life Cycle: Hardy Perennial
- Special Features: First-Year Blooms, Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner, Long Bloom Season, Excellent for Pollinators, Heat & Drought Tolerant
- Hardiness Zones: Zones 3–9
- Best Uses: Borders, Containers, Pollinator Gardens, Cut Flowers
Catalog Page: 87
⅛ in.
16–20 Inches
Echinacea purpurea