Echinacea Sun Magic Vintage Pink

Name: Echinacea purpurea Vintage Pink – Sun Magic Coneflower Series
Brand: Echinacea
SKU: pda675
Price: 4.9 EUR
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€4,90

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Echinacea Sun Magic® 'Vintage Pink' is a variety which offers compact, fully hardy cultivars with strong stems on well-branched plants.

The flowers take the form of large daisies in a fairly deep medium pink, with a prominent orange-green cone.

This variety is exceptionally floriferous - each plant produces 25 to 30 flowers per plant throughout summer and into early autumn.

Flowering	July, August, September, October
Exposure	Full Sun
Frost Tolerance	-20°C to -25°C
Size	60cm H x 40cm W
Soil	Cool, Sandy
Origin	North America

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☀️ Sun Loving
💦 Drought Tolerant
🌸 Long Flowering Season

🌱 Prefers well-drained conditions and full sun, though it tolerates partial shade.
🌿 Once established, Echinacea is drought-tolerant and resilient, capable of surviving in relatively poor soils where many perennials struggle.

Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Pink' is a horticultural selection derived in part from Rudbeckia purpurea, native to the eastern United States, from Georgia to Michigan via Oklahoma and Ohio.

'Vintage Pink' has a bushy, upright and dense habit, reaching 60 cm in height and 45 cm in width. The opposite, lance-shaped green leaves are covered in rough hairs.

The branching stems are topped by a solitary flower head 10 to 12 cm in diameter, with a cone surrounded by a collar of horizontal or slightly drooping pink ray florets.

The fruit is an achene releasing seeds that birds are particularly fond of. This plant anchors itself firmly and deeply in the soil through its highly developed root system.

Ecology and Pollinators

Echinacea purpurea is an ecological powerhouse.

Its flowers attract a wide range of pollinators, including bumblebees, sweat bees, honeybees, the sunflower leafcutter bee, and the mining bee Andrena helianthiformis.

Butterflies are frequent visitors, with notable species including monarchs, swallowtails, and sulphur butterflies.

The dense flower heads provide a concentrated source of nectar and pollen, supporting pollinator populations over the long flowering season.

Birds are also drawn to Echinacea, particularly finches, which feed on the seeds (achenes) produced in late summer and autumn.

The spiny central cone protects the seeds until they are fully mature, allowing birds to feed gradually.

This dual role—providing nectar for pollinators and seeds for birds—makes Echinacea an important plant for supporting biodiversity in garden and wild landscapes alike.

Learn more about gardening with Echinacea:

ENG: Gardening with Echinacea
FR: Echinacea - une nouvelle gamme

Echinacea means 'spiny one' in Greek, in reference to the spiny sea urchins 'εχίνοι' which the ripe flower heads of this genus resemble.

Extracts of the plant have shown to have immunostimulant properties and were cultivated commercially in Germany around 1939 and in Switzerland around 1950.

Although there are over 400 publications concerning the plant and dozens of preparations of Echinacea on the market, the true identity of many of the active principles still remains open.

Today, people use echinacea to shorten the duration of the common cold and flu, and reduce symptoms, such as sore throat (pharyngitis), cough, and fever.

It is one of the most widely studied medicinal plants, with over 400 scientific publications addressing its pharmacological potential.

Despite decades of study, the exact identity and mechanisms of all active compounds remain partially unresolved, making it a continuing subject of botanical and pharmacological research.

Other Names

Eastern purple coneflower

Purple coneflower

Hedgehog coneflower