Coneflower (Echinacea ‘Adam Saul’ Crazy Pink)

Features and Characteristics

Echinacea is a genus of seven species all endemic to eastern and central North America. Coneflowers bloom from June to August with some sporadic later bloom. Attractive to butterflies and other insect pollinators. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds.

Genus name of Echinacea comes from the Greek word echinos meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus.

‘Adam Saul’ is a pale pink coneflower that is particularly noted for its floriferous bloom (one year old plants may bear as many as 100 blooms per growing season). It is an upright perennial that typically grows in a clump to 24-30″ tall and to 18-24″ wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. Flowers feature reflexed (downward pointing) pale pink rays with rounded, orange center cones. Flowers have a mild fragrance. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Strigose, gray-green leaves (to 7” long) are lanceolate to broadly lanceolate. Good fresh cut or dried flower. U.S. Plant Patent Applied For (PPAF).