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Echinacea purpurea
'Razzmatazz'
from Jan van Winsen
The Netherlands

Introduced 2003

This uniquely formed variation on a classic plant sees the cone replaced by a full pom-pom shaped head of petals.

Height: 35”/ 88cm
Spread: 15”/ 38cm
Hardiness: US zones 3-8
Blooms: July-August

Common name:
Coneflower

Patent status:
EU 11936
PP 13,894
COPF

 
 
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All you need to know
15-12-2003 11:50 With such a new plant on the market, we'll need all the help we can get, thankfully, Arie Blom is here to tell us how to make a success of E. Razzmatazz in the garden.
By Arie Blom   

Positioning
Echinacea purpurea is a native of prairies and open woods and therefore will do best in full sun or partial shade. Too much shade will result in significantly fewer flowers, and weaker stems, which isn't what you want for E. 'Razzmatazz's heavy flowers!

Soil
A well-drained fertile soil is favoured. This can be neutral to alkaline. Echinacea purpurea has very good drought tolerance, but it is important to keep the soil moist after planting until the plants are established.

A good amount of organic fertilizer applied in spring will encourage better growth and development. In poor soils an extra amount in summer might help to prolong flowering. If you are not using liquid fertilizer, make sure that it gets washed in, so that the roots can absorb it. 

Continuous flowering
Deadheading will prolong the flowering period for normal E. purpurea, but as this fully double flowering mutant does not set seed, it will keep on flowering continuously.  The E. Razzmatazz in our display garden is surrounded by several other E. purpurea cultivars and did not produce seeds at all. On the other hand it will still look better in the garden if you remove the dead flowers.

Diseases
Echinacea purpurea has very little in the way of disease problems. Some leaf spots may occur, but these will not be lethal, and after dormancy the plant will emerge again with healthy leaves.

 

Links
Another website you might like to check for information on growing Echinacea is Perennial Flower Gardening.

 
The Breeder
Jan van Winsen
By Miriam Young
Jan van Winsen created E. 'Razzmatazz' with the intention of supplying it as a cut-flower.
The Story Behind the Plant
The one that nearly got away!
By Miriam Young
Believe it or not, Echinacea ‘Razzmatazz’ very nearly came and went without anyone in the perennial world ever knowing about it.
Growing Tips
All you need to know
By Arie Blom
With such a new plant on the market, we'll need all the help we can get, thankfully, Arie Blom is here to tell us how to make a success of E. Razzmatazz in the garden.
In the Garden
Razzmatazz around the world
By You!
Pictures and comments sent in from readers who have grown Echinacea 'Razzmatazz' themselves.
Commercial production
Growing up close to home
By Miriam Young
Echinacea 'Razzmatazz' is grown at the van Noort nursery, just a stone's throw from the place it was discovered.
Links
What are other people saying about 'Razzmatazz'?
By Miriam Young
Click here for links to other sites where Echinacea 'Razzmatazz' is mentioned.
Forum
General discussion on Echinacea 'Razzmatazz'
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