BIG SKY™ Harvest Moon Yellow Coneflower

BIG SKY™ Harvest Moon is a golden-flowered coneflower with deep golden-yellow petals, an orange central cone, and a strongly branched habit. Its overlapping petals and warm color make this named selection a sunny focal point and a useful cut flower for summer arrangements. ## Flowers and placement Plant Harvest Moon in a sunny perennial border, where its yellow heads can contrast with purple, blue, or dark-leaved companions. The ItSaul profile identifies it as Echinacea 'Matthew Saul' PP17652, calls it the fifth BIG SKY selection, and gives a hardiness range of zones 5–8. The BIG SKY hybrids combine E. purpurea and E. paradoxa; Walters Gardens describes the series as vigorous, well branched, and fragrant, with fuller toothed leaves and broad, slightly reflexed petals. ## Growing Allow room for the mature clump and use well-drained soil; avoid keeping the root zone persistently wet. The recorded catalog height and width ranges are retained because the available exact-selection source does not contradict them. Follow local seasonal conditions when establishing the plant and water during prolonged dry periods while roots develop. ## Maintenance After flowering, remove spent heads for a tidier look or leave some standing for winter structure and seed. Divide only if a mature clump becomes crowded. Source: [ItSaul Plants, BIG SKY coneflowers](https://www.itsaulplants.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=conecrazy.main); series background: [Walters Gardens, Richard Saul breeder profile](https://www.waltersgardens.com/article.php?ID=131).