Sombrero Mandarin Mambo coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Sombrero Mandarin Mambo'
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 Mandarin Mambo' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Sombrero Mandarin Mambo') is a perennial for borders, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, and cut flowers. 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. It blooms from early to late summer and draws butterflies, bees, and birds. It sits low on the menu for deer. It also tolerates drought and salt.
Pairs well with Butterfly milkweed, Prairie dropseed, Nodding onion, and Indian Summer rudbeckia.