Growing Echinacea Tiki Torch

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Growing Echinacea Tiki Torch coneflowers. Combine Tiki Torch with White Swan, the green coneflower Coconut Lime and a variety of yellow coneflowers in a stunning coneflower garden.

The fragrant orange coneflowers appear on 30 inch stems from summer through fall. Plants are well branched and will produce an abundance of blooms once they have matured though small plants can be slow to establish.

They also become more cold hardy as they mature. If all you can obtain is small transplants, it may be best to plant them in pots or a warm spot in the garden so that they will have some protection during their first winter.

Set plants 18 inches apart in a sunny location. The bright shade at the edge of a woodland is also a good location for coneflowers to naturalize.

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Plant Echinacea Tiki Torch with a yellow coneflower, perhaps Rudbeckia Goldsturm.

Add a green coneflower for added interest. Use White Swan or another white coneflower as a color break between the other coneflower varieties.

This variety is drought tolerant and deer resistant but it will not tolerate salt spray.

Mildew can be an issue if plants are grown under crowded conditions or with poor air circulation.

Tiki Torch flowers attract butterflies and small birds. At times, Japanese beetles will muscle in on the feast.

If they become a nuisance, carry a jar of soapy water into the garden and flick them into it. You will soon be rid of these pests.

Coneflower - Tiki Torch - $ 22.95 Coneflower Tiki Torch, Echinacea 'Tiki Torch' (PP#18,839), sets your garden ablaze with its hot color! Echinacea 'Tiki Torch' PPAF boasts large, pumpkin-orange flowers that are displayed on strong, well-branched stems.