Echinacea Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose brings a deeper, moodier color to the Prairie Splendor line. Once established, it can handle sunny, warmer conditions well, while also bringing pollinators into the garden and adding long-lasting interest through the summer. This variety works well when you want a perennial that feels colorful, sturdy, and retail-ready without taking over the bench.
Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose Selling Tips
Compact Dark Rose is a nice option for customers who like coneflowers but want something with a darker color. A big selling tip is that these bloom up to three weeks earlier than traditional Echinacea. The smaller size makes it easier to use around patios, walkways, and mixed beds. It gives customers the look of a classic Echinacea in a more compact, easy-to-place form.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
Grow in full sun with well-drained soil. Full sun will give the best flower color and strongest finished plant. Maintain a soil pH of around 5.8 to 6.5 and use a balanced fertilizer around 100 to 150 ppm nitrogen.
Flowering
Deep rose flowers bloom from mid-spring through summer.
Pinching
Pinching is usually not needed. Deadheading older flowers can help keep the crop looking fresh at retail.
Spacing
For landscape use, space plants around 8 to 10 inches apart. This gives each plant room to size up and helps keep airflow around the crop.
Pests
Monitor for aphids, whiteflies, thrips, spider mites, leaf miners, and Japanese beetles.
Disease
Common disease concerns include powdery mildew, fusarium, fungal leaf spots, botrytis, crown rot, and root rot. Good spacing, clean growing conditions, and well-drained soil will help reduce problems.
Planting Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose Liners
We recommend transplanting one to two plugs per 1 qt pot or two to three per 1 gallon container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Echinacea Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
6-8 Weeks
10 Inch crop time
8-10 Weeks
Bloom Period
Spring, Summer
Color
Pink
Habit
Upright
Height
14-18 Inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
50
Perennial Zone
3-9
Water Needs
Moderate
Patented Plant
No
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Echinacea Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose brings a deeper, moodier color to the Prairie Splendor line. Once established, it can handle sunny, warmer conditions well, while also bringing pollinators into the garden and adding long-lasting interest through the summer. This variety works well when you want a perennial that feels colorful, sturdy, and retail-ready without taking over the bench.
Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose Selling Tips
Compact Dark Rose is a nice option for customers who like coneflowers but want something with a darker color. A big selling tip is that these bloom up to three weeks earlier than traditional Echinacea. The smaller size makes it easier to use around patios, walkways, and mixed beds. It gives customers the look of a classic Echinacea in a more compact, easy-to-place form.
General Growing Tips For Your Seedling Tray
Grow in full sun with well-drained soil. Full sun will give the best flower color and strongest finished plant. Maintain a soil pH of around 5.8 to 6.5 and use a balanced fertilizer around 100 to 150 ppm nitrogen.
Flowering
Deep rose flowers bloom from mid-spring through summer.
Pinching
Pinching is usually not needed. Deadheading older flowers can help keep the crop looking fresh at retail.
Spacing
For landscape use, space plants around 8 to 10 inches apart. This gives each plant room to size up and helps keep airflow around the crop.
Pests
Monitor for aphids, whiteflies, thrips, spider mites, leaf miners, and Japanese beetles.
Disease
Common disease concerns include powdery mildew, fusarium, fungal leaf spots, botrytis, crown rot, and root rot. Good spacing, clean growing conditions, and well-drained soil will help reduce problems.
Planting Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose Liners
We recommend transplanting one to two plugs per 1 qt pot or two to three per 1 gallon container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Echinacea Prairie Splendor Compact Dark Rose Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
6-8 Weeks
10 Inch crop time
8-10 Weeks
Bloom Period
Spring, Summer
Color
Pink
Habit
Upright
Height
14-18 Inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
50
Perennial Zone
3-9
Water Needs
Moderate
Patented Plant
No
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