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Echinacea Artisan Yellow Ombre is a perennial coneflower with a gradient from buttery yellow to golden shades and uniform height for full sun.
Grow it successfully: Read the Artisan Collection Echinacea Grow Guide.
Quick Grow Facts
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Plant Type: Perennial
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Scientific Name: Echinacea × hybrida
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Series: Artisan Collection F1
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Seed Form: Primed seed on the current packet; PanAmerican Seed classifies Artisan as proprietary Amplified enhanced seed
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General Sowing Time: Spring; use the regional timing in the Grow Guide
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Position: Full sun
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Sow Depth: Cover lightly with coarse vermiculite, up to about 3 mm; do not bury deeply
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Germination Temperature: 22–25°C
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Light for Germination: Optional during germination; provide bright light immediately after emergence
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Cold Pretreatment: Not required for this current primed/enhanced commercial seed; do not chill unless a future lot instruction explicitly requires it
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Germination: Current packet: 14–21 days; breeder-controlled production: 4–10 days from 50% to maximum germination
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Spacing: 38–64 cm
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Height: 61–86 cm; Yellow Ombre commonly runs 5–10 cm taller than the other Artisan colours
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Growth Form: Upright, highly branched perennial
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Flowering: First-year flowering is possible; breeder-controlled finish is about 13–17 weeks from transplant
Why Grow This Variety
- Yellow ombre flowers add warmth to garden displays.
- Uniform height supports harmonious beds or larger plantings.
- Once established, the plants are drought-tolerant.
- Easy-care growth supports low-maintenance perennial colour.
Garden Uses
Use Artisan Yellow Ombre in sunny beds, borders or containers for warm yellow colour.
Growing Notes
- Sow one seed per deep cell in clean, free-draining seedling mix.
- Cover lightly with coarse vermiculite, keep at 22–25°C and maintain even moisture without saturation.
- Harden off well-rooted seedlings gradually, keep the crown at soil level and space plants 38–64 cm apart.
- Do not cold-stratify this current primed/enhanced seed unless a future packet or lot instruction explicitly requires it.
Ornamental use: This seed is sold for garden flowers, not as a standardised medicinal preparation. Do not infer clinical equivalence or ingest home-grown material without qualified advice.
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