Sombrero Fuchsia Fandango coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Sombrero Fuchsia Fandango'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sombrero Fuchsia Fandango' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Sombrero Fuchsia Fandango') is a perennial for borders, cut flowers, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It blooms from early to late summer and draws butterflies, bees, and birds. It also tolerates drought and salt.
Pairs well with Prairie dropseed, New England aster, Nodding onion, and Prairie Sun rudbeckia.