Plants: Echinacea

Common Name: Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Tenessee Coneflower

A popular drought-tolerant North American native prairie flower, echinacea (coneflower) have been prized as a medicinal plant for thousands of years. A hallmark of xeriscape gardening, echinacea can tolerate long periods of drought, as well as flooding rains, and are often utilized in prairie restorations or as a low-maintenance bedding plant. 

Historically, the plant was only available in pink varieties (Purple Coneflower), but with more recent experiments in breeding, echinacea are now available in brialliant colors from yellow to pink, to red or even pale green or white.

Echinacea do best in full sun, but can tolerate some shade, and certain cultivars can be very aggressive once established. Use in masses for the greatest appeal.

Popular Echinacea varieties include, but are not limited to: 

Double Scoop Cranberry Coneflower		Pow Wow White Coneflower
	Double flower form in rich cranberry red color on very strong stems.		The sensational explosion of 3”-4” pure white flowers with golden centers dazzles from early to late summer.
Sombrero Lemon Coneflower		Double Scoop Bubblegum Coneflower
	Plants are very floriferous, and flowers bloom in bright, lemon yellow.		Double flower form is eye-catching in the garden. Very hardy, well-branched plants have reliable finishing. Clean foliage and brilliantly colored blooms.
Coconut Lime Coneflower		Double Scoop Raspberry
	Double-flower style with large pale green seed heads over white to pale green petals. Attractive to bees and birds.		Double flower form is breathtaking in the landscape.Well branched and hardy. Blooms in deep raspberry pink.