Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Purple Coneflower is a 2' to 4' tall native perennial with showy 2" wide flowers with drooping lavender petals and a bronze center cone. Purple Coneflower has long lasting flowers from late spring to early fall and tolerates moist to dry soils and full sun to part shade. It is one of our most popular garden plants and is widely used in pots and small flower gardens, flower beds, wildflower meadows, and grassland restoration. It is a great cut flower and easy to establish. Purple Coneflower emerges early in the spring and attracts insects providing foraging for the young of ground nesting birds. The seeds are eaten by song birds and the flowers attract a wide range of pollinators. Echinacea is one of our most important herbal remedy medicinal plants. Prices listed are based on pure live seed weight, not bulk weight. You are only paying for viable seed.
Species Details
Common Name (Botanical Name) | Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) |
Alternatative Common Names | Eastern Purple Coneflower |
Botanical Synonyms |
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Bloom Season | Summer |
Group | Wildflowers/Forbs |
Bloom Color | Purple |
Duration | Perennial |
Soil moisture | Dry (Xeric);Medium (Mesic) |
Soil texture | Coarse (Sand);Medium (Silt/Loam) |
Sun Exposure | Full Sun |
Status | Native |
Wetland status | |
pH | Acidic;Neutral |
pH Values | 6.5/7.2 |
Average height | 2-3ft |
USDA Zones | 3a;3b; |
RNS Region | 1;2;3;5 |
Planting rate/Acre | Not Recommended |
Seeds Per Lb. | 115600 |
Seeds Per Oz | 7225 |
Seeds Per Packet | 300 |
Product Benefits | Deer Resistant;Low Growing;Cut Flowers;Wildlife Cover;Wildlife Food;Nectar Source; |