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| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers) |
| Origin: North America |
| Flower Color: Orange Red |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Parentage: (Echinacea purpurea × E. paradoxa) |
| Height: 1-3 feet |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F |
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Echinacea 'Solar Flare' PP 22,133 (Solar Flare Sky Coneflower) - A vigorous deciduous perennial that is noted for its compact growth and enormous brilliantly colored flowers. It forms clumps of foliage to 12-18 inches tall and as wide with lanceolate leaves that have dentate margins. In spring the 5 inch wide flowers composed of bright orange red petals are displayed straight out horizontally from a very dark brown center cone and rise above the foliage on 24 to 36 inch tall dark red-brown stems. The contrast between these stems and the bright flowers is very dramatic. It is a prolific bloomer and, as with other Coneflowers the flowers, which are sweetly fragrant, appear over a long period from the late spring through the summer into fall with stems that hold up well for fresh cut bouquets. Plant in full to part sun. Once established this plant is fairly drought tolerant but does best if given irrigation occasionally to regularly. Hardy to USDA zone 4. Echinacea 'Solar Flare', introduced in 2010, is another of the Big Sky Series of Coneflowers introduced by Itsaul Plants in Atlanta, Georgia. 'Solar Flare' originated from a complex cross made in the summer of 2007 between an unnamed selection of Echinacea tennesseensis as the seed parent with a cross between it and Echinacea 'Emily Saul' PP 18,768, itself a hybrid between Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea paradoxa. 'Solar Flare' was selected from the resulting plants during the spring of 2008. It was selected for its upright habit, inflorescences with strong dark purple-colored stems that hold upright the large inflorescences of red-colored ray florets and for its good, moderately vigorous garden performance. The parent plants are all North American wildflowers with Echinacea purpurea a typically purple flowering plant native to the eastern United States, E. paradoxa, the Ozark Coneflower, a fragrant yellow flowering plant from Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. E. tennesseensis, also known as the Tennessee Purple Coneflower, is endemic to the cedar glades of the central portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The genus Echinacea is named from the Greek word 'echinos' for "hedgehog" and refers to the flower's spiky central cone.
This information about Echinacea 'Solar Flare' PP22,133 displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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