Kim`s Knee High Coneflower

Kim's Knee High Coneflower
Echinacea 'Kim's Knee High'
Plant Height: 18 inches
Flower Height: 24 inches
Spread: 24 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 3
Description:
Echinacea 'Kim's Knee High' flowers
Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder
Stunning compact flowers in bright pink with ray-like
petals and rich harvest golden centers, strong stems
make for great cut flowers, tolerant of drier conditions,
ideal for low-water gardens.
Ornamental Features:
Kim's Knee High Coneflower features beautiful lightly-scented pink daisy flowers with harvest gold eyes at
the ends of the stems from mid summer to mid fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings.
The flowers are excellent for cutting. It's pointy leaves remain forest green in color throughout the season.
The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes:
Kim's Knee High Coneflower is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its
medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants
for an effective composition.
This perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring
before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to
your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has
no significant negative characteristics.
Kim's Knee High Coneflower is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- Rock/Alpine Gardens
- Border Edging
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Plant Characteristics:
Kim's Knee High Coneflower will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall
with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not
requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to
live for approximately 10 years.
This perennial should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations,
and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly
tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. Consider applying a thick mulch
around the root zone in both summer and winter to conserve soil moisture and protect it in exposed
locations or colder zones. This plant can be propagated by division.
This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.