Echinacea 'Starlight' Seeds

'Starlight' is a reliable purple coneflower with sturdy, upright stems of rosy pink daisies around a domed orange-brown cone, flowering through late summer when many borders are starting to fade. Echinacea purpurea 'Starlight' brings colour to prairie, cottage and gravel planting, and the flowers last well in a vase. Bees and butterflies work the cones all summer. Leave the seedheads standing into winter and goldfinches will come for the seed.

Sowing and growing

• Sow indoors February to April at about 20°C, lightly covered, 5mm deep
• Germination: 10 to 21 days
• Plant out in late May or June after the last frosts, 45cm apart
• Position: full sun in well-drained soil
• Height: up to 1m, with a spread of about 60cm
• Flowers: July to September; plants usually flower fully from their second summer
• Hardy perennial

What you receive: a packet of about 150 seeds from Piccolo Seeds, with growing instructions on the back.

Echinacea is a mainstay of our plants for bees and pollinators and our summer flowering plants. Browse all our flower and herb seeds.