Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022

Also Known As

Hot Papaya Coneflower

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 24"-36"
W: 24"-36"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022 plant details

Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022 is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In summer orange and red flowers emerge. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: asteraceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 24 IN - 36 IN - wide, 24 IN - 36 IN - tall
Flowers: orange and red blooms in summer
Uses: border plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, fragrant

GROWING CONDITIONS for Echinacea 'Hot Papaya' PP21022

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

'Hot Papaya' has sizzling, red-orange, double cones with falling tails heat up the sun border in summer. Contrasting dark burgundy, sturdy stems. Upright, with lance-shaped leaves. From the Cone-fections Series which offers reliably hardy, very floriferous, stocky plants with strong sturdy stems. Wonderful planted en masse and superb as a cut flower. Echinacea in coastal BC should be planted in hot, dry, sunny spots with thin, average to poor soils for best overwintering. Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Dramatic! The dazzling, very double, pom-pom flowers of this radiant coneflower are a bright, brilliant orange-red. This very sturdy cultivar forms a deep-green clump 30" tall to support the 3' flower stalks with flowers three inches across! Prolific, adaptable to heat-humidity-drought, it's a knock-out in border or vase. S/M PP21022

By: Forestfarm

Echinacea purpurea Cone-Fections™ ‘Hot Papaya’ displays showy, large, spicy red-orange, double cone flowers with a pom-pom center. A prolific bloomer on sturdy, compact stems. The lightly fragrant flowers attract butterflies! A hardy clump perennial to provide long lasting color in the garden. Coneflower is easy to grow in any well-drained soil. It requires little water once established. Plant in mixed borders, cutting gardens and mass plantings. Deadhead regularly, but leave last flower heads for birds.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

This hybrid from master breeder Arie Bloom is a fiery jewel of a flower. Visually dazzling and lightly fragrant, it attracts butterflies by the score. Looks great paired with silky textured grasses and globe thistles for contrast. Strong stemmed; site in very well-drained soils for reliable winter hardiness. Summer bloom.

By: Select Seeds

At first we thought, what a silly Echinacea...just who is this Coneflower trying to impress? After awhile, the pompous pompoms began to grow on us, and a number of our customers have asked about it. 'Hot Papaya' bears a boss of tangerine red petals skirted by a row of drooping ones on sturdy 3' stems. Flowers last forever cut. Butterflies can't resist it either.