Echinacea purpurea - (Purple Coneflower)
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-🌤️ Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil.
SIZE: 2-5 ft. SPREAD: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: Large, pinkish-purple rays surrounding a spiny, brown central cone. June - August.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Seeds for songbirds.
LARVAL HOST TO: Silvery Checkerspot butterfly and Wavy Lined Emerald moth
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MI , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA , WI , WV
This is a popular and easy to grow native perennial that provides loads of summer color in your garden. Long-lasting, pinkish-purple blooms are borne atop erect stems of coarse, dark green leaves. Rich in nectar, these gorgeous flowers will attract many different species of pollinators and will provide seeds for songbirds and small mammals later in the season. A stunning addition when massed in butterfly, native, wildflower, cottage and rock gardens. Deer, drought, clay soil, dry Soil and shallow-rocky soil tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-🌤️ Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil.
SIZE: 2-5 ft. SPREAD: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: Large, pinkish-purple rays surrounding a spiny, brown central cone. June - August.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Seeds for songbirds.
LARVAL HOST TO: Silvery Checkerspot butterfly and Wavy Lined Emerald moth
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MI , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA , WI , WV
This is a popular and easy to grow native perennial that provides loads of summer color in your garden. Long-lasting, pinkish-purple blooms are borne atop erect stems of coarse, dark green leaves. Rich in nectar, these gorgeous flowers will attract many different species of pollinators and will provide seeds for songbirds and small mammals later in the season. A stunning addition when massed in butterfly, native, wildflower, cottage and rock gardens. Deer, drought, clay soil, dry Soil and shallow-rocky soil tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-🌤️ Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil.
SIZE: 2-5 ft. SPREAD: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: Large, pinkish-purple rays surrounding a spiny, brown central cone. June - August.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Seeds for songbirds.
LARVAL HOST TO: Silvery Checkerspot butterfly and Wavy Lined Emerald moth
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MI , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA , WI , WV
This is a popular and easy to grow native perennial that provides loads of summer color in your garden. Long-lasting, pinkish-purple blooms are borne atop erect stems of coarse, dark green leaves. Rich in nectar, these gorgeous flowers will attract many different species of pollinators and will provide seeds for songbirds and small mammals later in the season. A stunning addition when massed in butterfly, native, wildflower, cottage and rock gardens. Deer, drought, clay soil, dry Soil and shallow-rocky soil tolerant.