Orange Coneflower (Echinacea 'Harvest Moon') - orange flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Orange Coneflower

Echinacea 'Harvest Moon'

Orange Coneflower blooms from July through October.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jul–Oct
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Hardiness
Zones 3–8
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
2.5 ft × 2 ft
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Type
Perennial
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Orange Coneflower

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 2 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Orange Coneflower. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Generated by an earlier AI feature of BloomsEye and not yet checked against outside sources, its scientific name included, so treat every fact above as a starting point. An audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, which is not the same as being right. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Orange Coneflower

Plant Orange 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 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from July to October.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Orange Coneflower get?

Illustration of Orange Coneflower drawn to scale beside an adult2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2 ftwide
About 2.5 ft tall and 2 ft wide at maturity: thigh-high beside an adult.

See Orange 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 Orange Coneflower

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Orange Coneflower about 2 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
2 ft apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 3
4 by 8 ft bed
about 8

Add Orange Coneflower to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

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