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Key characteristics

Family: Asteraceae
Height: 18-24 inches tall
Width: 18-24 inches wide
Flower color: Orange and yellow with a coppery orange cone
Foliage color: Dark green, lance-shaped leaves
Bloom time: Midsummer to late fall
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate
Maintenance: Low; deadhead to promote blooming
Growing zone: USDA Zones 4-9
Wildlife: Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds (especially for the seeds)

Perennials

Echinacea 'TNECHPS'

Prima Saffron Coneflower

Echinacea 'TNECHPS,' commonly known as Prima Saffron Coneflower, offers warm orange and saffron-yellow blooms with slightly recurved petals surrounding a coppery-orange cone. This Echinacea variety blooms from early to late summer, bringing consistent color and a unique warmth to garden beds and borders. The rich hues of the cone and petals contrast beautifully, creating a focal point that draws in butterflies and other pollinators throughout its extended bloom period.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate

Bloom time

Midsummer to late fall

Find this plant

Works well in

Borders
Cottage Gardens
Pollinator Gardens
Bird Gardens
Containers

Companion plants

Columbines · Lungworts · Daylilies · Japanese anemones · Bleeding hearts · Catmint

Design tip

Late flowers extend the season, so set it behind or beside plants that finish in midsummer. It takes sun or light shade, which makes it useful along the changing light of a bed edge or a partly shaded border.