Double Coded® Butter Pecan Coneflower

Double Coded® Butter Pecan is a compact, upright Echinacea hybrid with fully double, soft melon flowers about four inches across. Prolific blooms rise above dense green rosettes and bring a warm, muted color to sunny or lightly shaded plantings. [Proven Winners](https://serv7.provenwinners.com/plants/echinacea/double-coded-butter-pecan-coneflower-echinacea-hybrid) ## Flowers and mature size The breeder lists mature height of 18–20 inches and spread of 16–18 inches, with corresponding metric dimensions rounded to a tenth of a metre. Flowers are listed for summer through fall; the dried seed heads provide winter interest. The selection is hardy in USDA zones 4–8 and is described as suitable for average water and several soil pH conditions. ## Placement Use Butter Pecan in borders, containers, cut flower gardens, or mass plantings. It grows in part sun to full sun and performs best in full sun with well-drained soil. The broad, horizontal ray petals and rounded centers give the double flowers a fuller look than a typical single coneflower. ## Maintenance Water during establishment, then adjust to rainfall and soil moisture; Proven Winners describes it as drought tolerant once established. Leave some seed heads for winter interest or cut stems for fresh and dried arrangements. Deer resistance and fragrance are listed by the breeder.