Echinacea purpurea ‘Alba’ seeds – (White Coneflower, White Swan)

Description

Echinacea ‘Alba’ picture thanks to https://www.jelitto.com

Echinacea ‘Alba’ is the white form of echinacea purpurea.  It has pretty white petals with beautiful contrasting centres which are a browny orange.  It makes an excellent cut flower coordinating with every colour  of flower and foliage , as well as being a showy specimen for the garden. Here it will contrast with all flower colours, and perform well for you so long as it has plenty of sun.  It flowers in the first year. Gardeners and home health people   use it  as a medicinal plant as well as for its beauty in the garden.

You may be interested in our other echinaceas here https://www.owairakaseeds.co.nz/?s=echinacea&post_type=product

Sowing advice 

Sow spring, summer and autumn. Sow in trays or pots. Sow  onto moist well-drained seed raising mix. Cover thinly  with soil.  ( they need darkness to germinate ).Ideal temp 20°C. Keep soil moist but not saturated.  Germination occurs in 10 -20 days. If seeds have not germinated, then seal the pot in a plastic bag and put into the fridge for 4 weeks.  Check weekly , and if germination has occurred for some seeds then bring  the  whole pot out of the fridge to the warmth  for germination and remove the plastic .Keep moist.