70 – 84 days. Cheyenne Spirit seeds promise an award-winning grow with spectacular 18 – 24” tall showy echinaceas brimming with 3 – 4” red, pink, orange, yellow, cream, and purple coneflowers. Cheyenne Spirit echinacea debuted as an All-America Selections Flower Winner and Fleuroselect Gold Medalist for its “good plant habit, flower quality, and uniformity” and “exceptional first-year flowering.” Cheyenne Spirit offers the deepest and richest colors of any echinacea and creates a stunning highlight around any flower bed. Cheyenne Spirit echinacea seeds are a favorite among wildflower mixes and a fresh cut delicacy in seasonal baskets and bouquets. 100 seeds.
Growing Cheyenne Spirit Echinacea Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Echinacea purpurea
- Other Names: Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Hedgehog Coneflower
- Seed Type: Perennial
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Cheyenne Spirit echinacea seeds can be sown directly after the frost but, for earliest spring blooming, begin indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior. Echinacea seeds will germinate between 7 – 21 days with full light and harden off if transplanting outside or to an indoor planter with full sun. Plants are known to easily reseed themselves.
- Days to Maturity: 70 – 84 days
- Hardiness Zone: 4 – 9
- Planting Depth: Plant 2 – 3 seeds ¼” deep
- Plant Spacing: 24”
- Growth Habit: 18 – 24” tall bushy shrub with an 18 – 24” wide spread of well-branched 3 – 4” blooms
- Soil Preference: Average, loamy, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Cheyenne Spirit echinacea is an adaptable plant known to be tolerant of drought, heat, humidity, and poor soils. Do not overwater echinacea since plants are occasionally susceptible to leaf spots caused by bacteria and fungi in over-saturated soil. Known to bloom continuously without need to deadhead. Cheyenne Spirit echinacea has no serious pests but monitor regularly for Japanese beetles.
- Color: Deep rich shades of red, pink, orange, yellow, cream, and purple
Cheyenne Spirit echinacea seeds can be sown directly after the frost but, for earliest spring blooming, begin indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior. Echinacea seeds will germinate between 7 – 21 days with full light and harden off if transplanting outside or to an indoor planter with full sun. Plant 2 – 3 Cheyenne Spirit echinacea seeds ¼” deep and 24” apart in average, loamy, and well-drained soil in full sun. Cheyenne Spirit echinacea is an adaptable plant known to be tolerant of drought, heat, humidity, and poor soils. Do not overwater echinacea since plants are occasionally susceptible to leaf spots caused by bacteria and fungi in over-saturated soil. Known to bloom continuously without need to deadhead. Cheyenne Spirit echinacea has no serious pests but monitor regularly for Japanese beetles. Cheyenne Spirit seeds mature in 70 – 84 days as 18 – 24” tall bushy shrubs with an 18 – 24” wide spread of well-branched 3 – 4” blooms.
Cheyenne Spirit debuted as a 2013 All-American Selections Flower Winner and 2013 Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner for its “good plant habit, flower quality and uniformity” and “exceptional first-year flowering.” Echinacea purpurea is native to the Ozark Mountain region and found all throughout the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Native Americans were the first to use echinacea to treat burns, wounds, toothaches, and several other internal applications. Presently, echinacea is most commonly brewed as a tea to treat cold symptoms and synthesized echinacea is widespread in the pharmaceutical industry to bolster weak immune systems.
