This diva won the Classic City Award, described as the equivalent to an Oscar and a Tony award rolled up into one — introducing Watermelon Deluxe Coneflower. An outstanding selection, Double Scoop Watermelon Deluxe C0neflower, Echinacea, brings loads of vibrant deep pink blossoms with layers and layers of petals. Its blossoms open with the look of a traditional deep pink coneflower with striking, almost black centers. As the flowers mature, they become a puffball of multiple deep, long-lasting pink petals. A part of the Double Scoop Series of Echinacea, bred for abundant, fully double flowers with brilliant, non-fading color. This new Deluxe variety has the superior branching and prolific blooms of other top selections. Still, it is even better being more compact with a higher flower count than the typical double-flowered Echinacea.

With armloads of blossoms, Double Scoop Watermelon Deluxe Coneflower creates fabulous displays for gardens, containers, cut flower bouquets, and dried arrangements. Although it will bloom continually without deadheading, cutting back spent blooms will encourage more flowers. Deer leave it alone, although bunnies may nibble on its new leaves.

Major Award Winner – According to Perennial Plus, a top trade newsletter:

Classic City Award Winner – University of Georgia . City Award Winners in the UGA Trials are the very best plants in the trial gardens based on their eye-catching beauty and/or their year-round performance in the beds. With over 2,000 plants in the garden, being a Classic City Award winner is described as the equivalent to an Oscar and a Tony award rolled up into one.

Growing instructions: Plant in soil that has been amended with compost or other organic matter. Add a starter fertilizer when planting; we use Bio Tone organic fertilizer. Keep well watered until established, when the plant is setting up buds blooming, and during dry spells.