Echinacea, Hybrid Coneflower 'Sunset'

I have three of these coneflowers. Two of them never bloom, and the third one does bloom but the flower color fades terribly. I'm going...Read More to remove these and find something else to provide a similar color in my garden. Very disappointing.

In my zone of Texas (7b/8a), this plant proved disappointing. Unfortunately, many 'improved' varieties of our native wildflowers are weak...Read Moreened and can no longer endure our intense Texas heat and humidity. Native Echinaceas have done well in my garden. 'Sunset' did not survive.

Though the new flowers were pretty and unusual they quickly faded to a dull parchment color. This was not attractive in my garden, though...Read More I could see their place in a more wild planting. I replaced it with a more vivid coneflower variety.

I bought 6 "Sunset" echinacea 2 years ago. On the whole, I am enjoying this plant, but this summer, the flowers on 3 of my original 6 pla...Read Morents have turned pink. I'm enjoying the mix of colors, but I am hoping that all 6 plants don't revert back to pink/purple. They bloom for several weeks, going from a deeper orange as they open to a soft peach as they fade. They look great in the fall if you leave the seed heads on.

Mine is blooming now and the color is beautiful! I haven't had the "petal roll" problem noted. I've had this since '06 and I wish it had ...Read Morespread more than it has but I love it. I have it planted next to "Sunrise" which isn't as nice.

i planted 4 of these a year ago in full sun, good soil. They get little summer water. They bloomed most of the summer. The color lives up...Read More to the name, and the scent is sweet too.
They are just now coming back for their second year.

Itsaul Plants have discontinued production of this variety due to the poor petal development (petal roll) pictured in some of the pics on...Read More this page. If you happened to have purchased yours from PDN, they are offering a credit/refund (as of May 07 notes.) If you got yours somewhere else you're SOL.

I had to mulch and water alot in the heat I get in Sac but the flowers are absolutely one of a kind. I hope this second summer proves th...Read Moreeir heat/drought tolerance.

We found this pretty dull and disappointing. Looking for a stronger color from these plants.

I haven't grown this- for info. only:
Developed by Itsaul Plants of Georgia, the Big Sky™ series of Echinaceas are crosses of E....Read More purpurea -- the traditional Purple Coneflower -- and E. paradoxa. They are heavy-blooming, unusually long-lasting, and sport a range of brand-new colors for the family.

I just had to have this one too to add to my collection of Echinaceas! It's beautiful! Planted this year. Love it!

I'd have to give this one a positive because the flowers are an incredible color! Absolutely just like a sunset--everything from light o...Read Morerange, to deep orange and lots of purple/mauve overtones (its hard to explain, but when you see it, you'll know what I mean). One negative--I planted two gallon size plants from the same nursery. One was planted with other plants fairly close around it, and immediately developed fungal/mildew stuff. I took it out of the ground within two weeks, cut it down to the base and repotted it. It is now doing great. The other plant had slightly more ventilation and has had no problems, even though it was planted in the same basic location. Lesson learned--if its humid where you live, give them plenty of ventilation.

I mail ordered this plant so it was small. It is now a little bigger and has produced about 4 flowers and I also love this one. I can't w...Read Moreait for it to get mature!

Very unique flowers - the usual purple-pink on the bottom of the petals, but a beautiful coral orange on top! Beautiful!