With blooms the color of tart orange marmalade and stems as sturdy as the strongest selection, Marmalade will add another dimension to your garden. Marmalade is a medium-sized plant with large, fully double pom pom blooms that won’t disappoint. The blooms are light, yellowish-orange with many perfectly formed ray petals and a tufted bonnet of even deeper golden orange on top of the double cone. The plants are vigorous and healthy and have multiple buds per stem. Thick strong stems hold these delectable flowers upright. A limited and rare selection.

With loads of blossoms it creates fabulous displays for gardens, containers, cut flower bouquets, and dried arrangements. Excellent for mass plantings, meadows, or naturalized areas. A member of the excellent ‘Cone-Fections’ series of coneflowers that brings reliable winter hardiness, vigorous growth, and spectacular colors and forms. Fantastic used as a seasonal plant for the center focal point or “thriller” for container compositions.

Coneflower seed heads are a favorite for dried flower arrangements and add considerable interest to winter outdoor landscapes. Goldfinches and other birds swarm to Coneflower seeds.

Growing instructions: Plant in full sun, at least 6 hours of sun a day, in well-draining soil. Add organic matter to the soil when planting. For best flowering, keep well watered, especially when plants are setting up bloom and blooming. Let plants dry out between watering. An occasional squirt of liquid fertilizer will improve flowering. Although they will bloom continually without deadheading, cutting back spent blooms will encourage more flowers.