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Echinacea purpurea

Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea, also known as purple coneflower, is a summer-blooming perennial that grows 3-4' tall. From June through July, Purple coneflower blooms with a dense array of purpley-pink flower petals surrounding a large central orange to purple cone. They grow best in full sun and well-drained soil. Echinacea purpurea is a very adaptable plant, tolerant of alkaline, clay, or gravelly soils and is Juglans tolerant.

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• Category

  • Native Meadow Perennials

• Characteristics

  • Exposure -Sun
  • 2' - 4'
  • Clumping
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Green
  • Bees/Pollinators
  • Butterflies
  • Food
  • Songbirds
  • NI
  • Flowering Perennial
  • Container
  • Cut Flower
  • Dried Flower
  • Fibrous Roots
  • Focal Point
  • Great Foliage
  • Mass Planting
  • Native
  • Naturalizing
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