‘Mellow Yellows’ Coneflower Seeds

It’s like getting a mix on every plant. Mellow Yellows is a fantastic new coneflower (echinacea) that blooms the first year from seed, then just gets better and better.

Reaching just under 3 feet tall and only about 15 inches wide, this plant is nicely branched and very free flowering. The blooms range from rich gold to yellow, primrose, and even cream. Every time you look, there’s an interesting play of colors going on with these long-lasting daisies.

And Mellow Yellows is compact enough for containers, giving you another option if you are short on sunny garden space or want to bring the flower garden to nose-level on the patio, deck, or balcony. It usually begins blooming about midsummer (the first year may be later) and continues into fall. Be sure to let the final blooms dry out on the plant, so that songbirds can come feast on those seed-filled cones.

Mellow Yellows attracts honeybees and butterflies into the garden, a