| Botanical Name: | Echinacea purpurea |
| Life Cycle: | perennial |
| Planting Time: | spring or fall |
| Height: | 2' to 4' |
| Exposure: | full sun or light shade |
| Soil: | average to rich, well-drained soil; drought tolerant |
| Hardiness: | zones 3 to 9 |
| Bloom Time: | mid summer to fall |
| Flower: | pink, rose, purplish pink and white |
| Foliage: | green |
| Propagation: | seeds and division (fall or spring) |
| Suggested Use: | beds, borders and mass plantings |
| Growing Hints: | Sow seeds in pots. Set the pots outside over winter or cold treat them for a month before moving them to a warm place to germinate. Transplant them in spring after soil becomes workable and danger of frost has passed. Water them regularly (take care not to over water) and remove spent blooms for the best show of flowers. Young seedlings are appealing to rabbits and should be protected. Coneflowers attract butterflies and leaving a few spent flower heads remaining in the garden will be much appreciates by backyard birds. |
| Interesting Facts: | Coneflower is often sold by its botanical name, Echinacea, for its ability to boost the immune system. |
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This simple flower turns into a hypnotic experience if one stares at it closely. Like an old-fashioned optical illusion, it starts to move and pull you in...truly inescapable!
Tiny and singular when purchased, it immediately thrived after transplant and a smidgen of verbal reaffirming of the impending beauty it would blossom to be. It does well among the basic lilies and has hollyhock friends just across to contrast in color and height for a truly fragrant and colorful greeting to guests.
This was my first try at gardening and so many have said I have a green thumb.The new house we moved to had nothing growing, but grass so I decided to brighten it up with flowers.
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This was taken on one of my walks. I love the colors!
One of the prettiest flowers, and very hardy. It came up very nicely and was glorious! This shot was perfect with the sun shining down.
I captured this photo while hiking Charlie's Bunion in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The trail was 8.2 miles long to the summit and back.
This bee was on one of my cone flowers. I was afraid he had overdosed on pollen, he was breathing really heavy.
Here is a randomly taken photo of Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
