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Hot Papaya is the latest introduction from Dutch master breeder Arie Blom who specializes in double-flowered echinaceas.

Spicy orange pom-pom blooms are supported by thick, maroon stems and held high atop deep green, lush foliage. Lovely mixed with blue and purple flowering perennials and annuals.

Echinacea “Hot Papaya” is the very first hybrid double bringing a wonderful fiery shade to double flowered echinaceas which were previously either pink or white.

The flowers do not fade, are unusually uniform in color and bloom from June to August on well branched stems.

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The first time I saw Hot Papaya bloom in my Baltimore garden, I was pleasantly surprised. I see lots of pretty flowers when I visit breeders in The Netherlands.  Often, those flowers are saturated, brightly colored forms that we have not seen in the US.  It’s truly comparable to being in a candy store. 

The sad reality is once they make it to the US, the color often fades (unless you happen to live in the lush, non humid, cool climes of the Pacific Northwest) and is a mere shadow of what I saw in The Netherlands. 

Not Hot Papaya…

Hot Papaya was even darker reddish-orange and the blooms were larger and the plant was thicker than we saw in the trials.  The super puffy, double blooms really do look like a bonfire at it’s peak with flames exploding from every angle.  Maybe we should have called it Bonfire, but that doesn’t sound nearly as yummy. The Cone-fections ™ series is all about yummy-ness.

Angela Treadwell Palmer
President, Plants Nouveau