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Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower
Echinacea 'Tanager'
Also called tanager coneflower
Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower blooms from June through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 4–8. Expect it to reach about 24 in tall and 16 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Pets
- No toxic listing found for dogs and cats in the sources we check.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower
Plant Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 4 to 8, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to August.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower get?
24 intall5 ft 7 inan adult16 inwideSee Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower about 16 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Eye-Catcher Tanager Coneflower's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags were checked against 16 published sources on October 21, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- greatgardenplants.comGreat Garden Plants, Michiganheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Plant Addictsqueue storeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farmsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- Sooner Plant Farmheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- Walters Gardensbreeder and introducerheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- gardencrossings.comGarden Crossings, Michiganheight, spread, hardiness zones, water and bloom months and color
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US plant patent PP34202, Hans A. Hansen / Walters Gardens, via Google...height, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Missouri Botanical GardenCoral Craze template control onlywater and bloom months and color
- Walters GardensCoral Craze template control onlywater and bloom months and color
- Walters GardensRaspberry Ripple template control onlywater and bloom months and color
- Plant AddictsCoral Craze template control onlybloom months and color
- Sooner Plant FarmRaspberry Ripple template control onlybloom months and color
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US plant patent PP37468, Raspberry Ripple template control onlybloom months and color
- Chicago Botanic Gardenarchived plant finderhardiness zones
- pahls.comPahl's Market, excluded identity controlheight
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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