Echinacea purpurea Prima Ginger - Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea Prima Ginger - Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea Prima Ginger - Purple Coneflower
Echinacea x purpurea Prima Ginger
Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower
Second young plant of echinacea that I pampered by putting it in the greenhouse until it grew a bit bigger. Unfortunately, once planted and regularly watered, it never produced anything and withered away.
Martine, 30/06/2024
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Description
Echinacea Prima Ginger is a variety of Purple Coneflower from the latest generation that combines a compact habit with excellent floribundity, right from the first year of cultivation. The plant forms a small bushy clump that produces a profusion of flowers in various shades of orange, for many weeks in summer. Generous and beautifully coloured, this perennial plant adds a lovely touch of colour to the garden, as well as the balcony or terrace. It grows easily in the sun in ordinary soil.
Echinacea Prima Ginger is part of a series of selected cultivars in the USA by Terra Nova Nurseries for their compact habit and floribundity. Its ancestor, Echinacea purpurea, is a perennial with a strong character, native to the western United States, from Georgia to Michigan, passing through Oklahoma and Ohio. In its natural habitat, the plant colonizes rocky meadows, savannas, open woodlands, and roadside edges.
Echinaceaa Prima Ginger quickly forms a dense clump of well-branched leafy stems, reaching 40cm (16in) in height and 35cm (14in) in width. This plant does not weaken or collapse, showing excellent stability. The leaves are opposite on the stems, lanceolate in shape and green in colour, covered in rough hairs. The flowering begins in June-July and continues until September-October, attracting many butterflies. The stems, reddish-brown in colour, are topped with a solitary inflorescence in a 6-8cm (2-3in) diameter head, with a prominent, rough, rust-coloured disk turning brown, surrounded by ligules resembling petals. Their colour changes from soft orange to salmon and then peach, with a pale red halo around the central cone. The fruit is an achene that releases seeds which birds love. This plant firmly and deeply anchors itself in the soil, thanks to its well-developed root system.
The Purple Echinacea Prima Ginger offers abundant flowering in gently spicy shades that will work wonders in pots or as a border plant, mixed with other compact coneflowers or alongside yarrow, marigolds, globe thistles, perennial salvias... Lighten up the scene by mixing in some ornamental grasses like Stipa tenuifolia, Muhlenbergia capillaris... Splendid in flower beds, the beautiful colours of the Purple Echinacea Prima Ginger are also stunning in fresh or dried flower arrangements.
A medicinal plant: In homeopathy, the root of the echinacea is used to fight colds and strengthen the immune system. These properties were already used by Native Americans. The name Echinacea comes from the Greek echinos which means "hedgehog-like" and acea for "having the shape of," referring to the appearance of the flower's centre.
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Botanical data
Echinacea
x purpurea
Prima Ginger
Asteraceae
Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
The Prima Ginger Purple Coneflower requires no special care and is highly resistant to pests and diseases. It is best planted in spring, in a sunny location, in a mix of compost and garden soil. The soil should be deep and loose to accommodate its root system. Mulch the base in May to retain moisture in summer. Remove faded flowers as they appear. Divide the clump when flowering slows down. It is a rhizomatous plant that, if happy, can become invasive. As the plant ages, it becomes more susceptible to aphid attacks and powdery mildew. This plant is sensitive to water shortage during the flowering period.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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