Eastern purple coneflower 'Hot Papaya'

Echinacea purpurea

How to grow Eastern purple coneflower 'Hot Papaya'

  • Full Sun

  • Low

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly. Keep in mind when planting that Hot Papaya is thought of as very hardy, so this plant will tend to survive through freezing conditions.

Growing Hot Papaya from seed

Ensure a distance of 1.95 feet (60.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.0 inches (0.01 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 25°C / 77°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Hot Papaya about 56 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Hot Papaya

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Hot Papaya is a very hardy plant.

Harvesting Hot Papaya

Eastern purple coneflower Hot Papaya Etymology

The word echinacea comes from the Greek word “echinos” which means hedgehog or sea urchin referring to the spiny center cone.1

Hot Papaya folklore & trivia

Birds love to feed on the seeds of this plant.

Other Names for Eastern purple coneflower 'Hot Papaya'

Echinacea

Footnotes

1 missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c580