Echinacea purpurea

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Purple Coneflower

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 2-4ft tall

  • Purple ray flowers surrounding a brownish-orange spiky disc; blooms for long periods in summer and sometimes into early fall

  • Purple Coneflower’s native range is primarily in the Midwestern states, but has become a staple in native gardens due to its benefits to wildlife

  • Important food source for pollinators such as bumble bees, cuckoo bees, leaf-cutter bees, skippers, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds

  • Seeds are beloved by goldfinches & other songbirds

  • Spreads slowly via woody rhizomes and self-seeding; easily cut into divisions when dormant in spring or fall; drought tolerant; deer resistant

Size:

Purple Coneflower

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 2-4ft tall

  • Purple ray flowers surrounding a brownish-orange spiky disc; blooms for long periods in summer and sometimes into early fall

  • Purple Coneflower’s native range is primarily in the Midwestern states, but has become a staple in native gardens due to its benefits to wildlife

  • Important food source for pollinators such as bumble bees, cuckoo bees, leaf-cutter bees, skippers, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds

  • Seeds are beloved by goldfinches & other songbirds

  • Spreads slowly via woody rhizomes and self-seeding; easily cut into divisions when dormant in spring or fall; drought tolerant; deer resistant

Details

  • Pink, Purple, Orange, Brown

  • Summer to Early Fall

  • 2-4ft

  • Dry, Medium, Wet

  • Full, Partial

  • Various Skippers

  • Not Classified

  • Cold stratification not required