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Happy Star Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea 'Happy Star'

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per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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ZONES  3-8 | Good to grow! Zone

Happy Star is a tall growing Coneflower with large pure white petals held horizontally from the center cone. A superior seed grown variety from Jelitto Seed of Germany.

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Description

36-40" tall x 18" wide (seed propagated). You'll be a happy gardener when this stunning, large-flowered Coneflower comes into bloom. A sturdy, vigorous cultivar with large flowers, the pure white petals are held horizontally from the center cone. Mature plants covered in bloom from mid-summer through early fall. 'Happy Star' is the result of many years of breeding by the perennial experts at Jelitto Seed of Germany. Compost enriched garden loam. Plant with Liatris and Little Bluestem Grass.

Planting & Care

Tips For Growing Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)

This genus is invaluable for the mid- to late-summer garden, bringing color into our plantings when many spring bloomers have gone green for the season. They are native to the eastern half of the U.S. and are most commonly found growing in prairie habitats.

Echinacea thrive in our gardens when provided with well drained soils, plenty of sunshine and moderate to dry moisture conditions depending on the species and cultivars. Healthy individual coneflowers will grow in the garden for 3 to 5 years. Species and cultivars raised from seed will often reseed themselves to continue their presence in our gardens.

'Rocky Top Hybrid' echinacea, while xeric, appreciates extra moisture provided by some easily accomplished water harvesting techniques. Plant it in a wide, shallow depression and mulch amply or place right up against the north side of a low, wide rock, tilted to shed water on the Echinacea's side.

Fall Care: You can leave the dried seed heads for winter, as they provide food for birds. Echinacea easily reseeds itself. You can cut back seed heads in the fall, where you don't wish the plant to reseed. Spring Care: Cut back the dry stalks to the crowns of the plant in early spring. Pull any unwanted seedlings in spring. They are easy to pull when young.

More in-depth guidance for growing and maintaining Echinacea plants: Purple Coneflowers: Native Grace and Beauty in the Garden and Echinacea: Rocky Top Hybrids.

Shipping

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Water Tolerance

Low-Water

Bloom Time

Early summer to fall

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Birds
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Naturalizes
  • Easy To Grow
  • Cut Flowers
  • Dried Flowers
  • Rock Gardens
  • Deer Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

36-40" tall

Mature Spread

18" wide

Soil Type

  • Compost Enriched Garden Loam Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Waterwise

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Native To

North America

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Ships As

Potted Plant

Can Send To PO Box

No

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

No

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 5 reviews.

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Reviews

Another Great Coneflower from High Country

"Always impressed with the health ot the plants I receive from High Country Gardens. We have a beautiful border of Coneflowers, all supplied by High Country! Thank You!"

— Tarzan (5/5)

Low fuss, classic beauty!!!

"This variety outperforms ""showier"" coneflower varieties in my perennial garden (Zone 8 North Central TX). I received small but healthy plant in March and blooms by mid July. I'm obsessed with coneflowers and usually gravitate towards showIer varieties which inevitably fail to thrive in our extremely hot and humid summers. The Happy Star plant is still going strong (mid-August 104 degrees) with no leaf burn, wilting, or disease. For a first year plant the blooms are a good size (2-4 inches) and height 16 inches. Initially the petals are cool white with green undertones then slightly ""cream"" over time. I know that echinaceas get progressively taller/showier every season so I expect this will be a stunner when fully mature at 30-40 inches tall. I would highly recommend this variety especially if you're tired of struggling with ""fancy"" coneflowers that are disease prone and finicky."

— Alma (5/5)

So Happy with My Happy Star

"The Happy Star arrived well protected in a ""form-fitting"" container with-in the box. They have been placed in a pot until they are permanently placed in our landscaping. I am excited to have another color of Echinacea and butterfly/bee/bird friendly plant."

— AJ (5/5)

I love this coneflower

"A beautiful addition to any landscape. Mixes well with other plants. When 3stanlished needs little water or care."

— Jotroup (5/5)

ECHINACEA HAPPY STAR

"I USE WITH OTHER ECHINACEA AND CLOSE TO TOMATO SOUP."

— SUE (5/5)

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