coneflower

Echinacea

Coneflower - echinacea
Nothing beats the value and flower power in mid to late summer of the coneflower. They are beautiful prairie plants. They perform season after season – pollinators think so too! The colorful petals lure insects towards the fertile flowers that lie in the center of the cone.

Flowers June through September.

Height: 24′ – 36′

Width: 12′ – 18′

Watering and soil: Moist well drained soil.

Exposure: Sun. Can take dappled shade.

Varieties: Orange, Cheyenne Spirit, Lemon Yellow, Magnus, Tres Amigos, Pallida, Pixie, PowWow, Poco Hot, Prairie Splendor, Purple, Rainbow, Rubinstern, Sundown.

Image: ‘PowWow White’

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