Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
- Attracts butterflies in large numbers
- Hummingbirds thrive on the sweet nectar
- Finches crave its seed in the fall
- Long blooming and a colorful cut flower
- Drought tolerant once established
- Looks terrific planted with native grasses
- Category: Perennial
- Breeder: American Beauties Native Plants
- Hardiness Zone: 4-9
- Height: 2-3 ft
- Spread: 18-24 in
- Bloom Color: Purple Shades
- Foliage Color: Green Shades
Purchase options for Purple Coneflower
- Size: #1 -
- Status: Sheared and/or Dormant
- Availability: In Stock
$23.00
- Size: #2 -
- Status: Sheared and/or Dormant
- Availability: In Stock
$30.00
- Size: 8/#1ECO -
- Status: Sheared and/or Dormant
- Availability: In Stock
$178.00
Echinacea purpurea is one of the great butterfly magnets of the native perennial garden. Coneflowers are easy to grow in average to dry, well-drained soils. Flowers with large orange-gold spiky centers and strong reflexed rose-pink petals appear in July and August. Very drought tolerant.
Foliage Color
| • | Green |
Critter Resistance
| • | Deer Resistant |
Flower Color
| • | Purple |
Programs
| • | American Beauties Native Plants® |
Habit
| • | Upright |
Growing Tips for Echinacea purpurea
Grow in full sun in dry to moist, well-drained soils.
