{"product_id":"echinacea-cheyenne-spirit-plants","title":"Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit","description":"\u003cul class=\"pdp-specs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cheyenne Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLatin name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit, a seed-raised hybrid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Herbaceous perennial, short-lived\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single daisies in cream, yellow, orange, scarlet, rosy-red, purple and white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60cm (2ft)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpread:\u003c\/strong\u003e 45cm (18in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering:\u003c\/strong\u003e July to September\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun, any well-drained soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePruning:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leave the stems standing over winter, cut back in early spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRHS AGM:\u003c\/strong\u003e No\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fleuroselect Gold Medal 2012, All-America Selections 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWildlife:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bees and butterflies work the flowers; finches take the winter seedheads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSold as:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2L pot-grown plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlant outdoors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Year round; spring gives the strongest start\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDelivered:\u003c\/strong\u003e Year round. \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/collect-your-order-from-castle-cary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCollection from Castle Cary\u003c\/a\u003e also available\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA coneflower that refuses to repeat itself: every Cheyenne Spirit plant flowers in its own colour, from one breeding line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEchinacea Cheyenne Spirit: A Different Colour on Every Plant\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEchinacea Cheyenne Spirit is a seed-raised coneflower growing to about 60cm, carrying single daisies from July to September in cream, golden yellow, orange, scarlet, rosy-red, purple and white. Which colour? You won't know until it opens. Each plant settles on one shade and keeps it, so a group of five reads as a drift that nobody could have planned, because nobody did. That lucky-dip quality won it the Fleuroselect Gold Medal in 2012 and an All-America Selections award the year after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow the honest part. Coloured coneflowers are short-lived perennials in Britain, and the killer isn't cold; it's winter wet sitting on the crown. Give Cheyenne Spirit full sun, sharp drainage (work grit into clay), no rich feeding, and don't mulch over the crown in winter. Plant in spring so the roots are established before their first wet December, leave the stems standing until March, and it will occassionally give you three or four good years. Treat any more as a bonus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are single and open, which matters: single coneflowers carry more scent and far more bee traffic than the doubles, and the doubles flop in rain anyway. Leave the last flush to set seed and the goldfinches will work the cones through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting Companions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCheyenne Spirit wants the sunny, free-draining company it grew up with. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/verbena-rigida-plants-slender-vervain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVerbena rigida\u003c\/a\u003e weaves vivid purple through the warm tones at the same height, and the flat heads of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/achillea-summer-pastels-plants\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAchillea Summer Pastels\u003c\/a\u003e sit beautifully against the cones. For the front edge, something silver and scented: Hidcote or Munstead from our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lavender-plants\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elavender collection\u003c\/a\u003e enjoys exactly the same drainage and pulls in the same bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Ashridge?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe sell Cheyenne Spirit as 2L pot-grown plants, big enough to flower properly in their first summer. We're also straight with you: coloured coneflowers don't last forever in a wet garden, and we'd rather say so than lose you as a customer. Every plant is guaranteed, and Which? Gardening named us Best Plant Supplier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDoes Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit come back every year?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTreat it as a short-lived perennial: three good years is a fair expectation in a free-draining British garden, fewer in wet clay. Spring planting, sharp drainage and leaving the stems up over winter all extend its life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWill Cheyenne Spirit colours come true from seed?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. Cheyenne Spirit is a segregated mix, so self-sown seedlings won't match their parents. If a particular scarlet or apricot plant delights you, enjoy it where it stands; you can't reproduce it from seed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I grow Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit in a pot?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. At 60cm it's compact enough for a large pot with very free-draining compost. Stand the pot somewhere it won't sit sodden through winter; wet compost, not frost, is what kills it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIs Echinacea good for bees?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery. Single, open-centred coneflowers like Cheyenne Spirit are among the best late-summer bee and butterfly plants, and the standing seedheads feed goldfinches in winter. Doubles look plush but offer pollinators far less.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is the difference between Cheyenne Spirit and White Swan?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheyenne Spirit is a mixed-colour lucky dip; \u003ca href=\"\/products\/echinacea-white-swan-plants\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEchinacea White Swan\u003c\/a\u003e is a named cultivar, uniformly white and dependable. Plant Cheyenne Spirit for surprise, White Swan for a colour scheme you control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShould I deadhead Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeadheading isn't essential but prolongs flowering into September. Stop in early autumn and let the last heads stand: they hold structure in frost and feed the birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Ashridge Nurseries","offers":[{"title":"Potted \/ 2L","offer_id":57171344064838,"sku":"PEREECHHYBCHSP-2L","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/cheyenne-spirit-echinacea-flower.webp?v=1787305789","url":"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/echinacea-cheyenne-spirit-plants","provider":"Ashridge Nurseries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}