'One in a Melon' Coneflower

Echinacea hybrid

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Overview

The Echinacea hybrid 'One in a Melon' is an upright coneflower with fragrant 5-5½ inch melon-orange blooms, matching cones, and dark green foliage. It grows 24-26 inches tall and 18-20 inches wide. Best in full sun to part sun and well-drained average to fertile soil, it needs average water and becomes drought tolerant once established. Hardy in USDA Zones 4-8.

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'One in a Melon' Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid) — The Echinacea hybrid 'One in a Melon' is an upright coneflower with fragrant 5-5½ inch melon-orange blooms

'One in a Melon' Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid) — It grows 24-26 inches tall and 18-20 inches wide

'One in a Melon' Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid) — Best in full sun to part sun and well-drained average to fertile soil

Culture

Water: Medium

Shape & size

Mature height: 2–2.1666667 Ft.
Mature width: 1.5–1.6666666 Ft.

Classification

Family: Asteraceae

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'One in a Melon' Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid) — The Echinacea hybrid 'One in a Melon' is an upright coneflower with fragrant 5-5½ inch melon-orange blooms

'One in a Melon' Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid) — It grows 24-26 inches tall and 18-20 inches wide

'One in a Melon' Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid) — Best in full sun to part sun and well-drained average to fertile soil

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