It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Purple Coneflower is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. This species is native to parts of North America. The flowers are a golden red to purple and may release a slight fragrance in strong sunlight. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under typical garden conditions.
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This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! Average planting success with this species: 70 Height: 2-3 feet Germination: 15-30 days Optimum soil temperature for germination: 70F-75F Sowing depth: 1/8. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. Purple Coneflower will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity extending to 3 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. Purple Coneflower is recommended for the following landscape applications It has no significant negative characteristics. It is a good choice for attracting birds and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition. Purple Coneflower is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.
Purple Coneflower has masses of beautiful lightly-scented purple daisy flowers with coppery-bronze eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. tennesseensis.This elegant echinacea produces large purple flowers with coppery centers a perfect choice for planting in groups, along border edges, or in containers great for flower arrangements, attracts pollinators An eastern variant from forest glades of central Tennessee can also be found in the wildflower trade as E. angustifolia is native to Minnesota but the other 2 grow well here and are commonly available in the native plant trade. angustifolia but broader and shorter lanceolate leaves all the way up the stem. purpurea ( Eastern Purple Coneflower) has flowers similar to E. Some references list this as a western variety of Echinaceae pallida ( Pale Purple Coneflower), which has similar leaves but ray petals only about 1/8 inch wide and up to 3 inches long. Stems may be green or purple tinged.Ī native of western sandy prairie, Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower is not the species typically found in the nursery trade though native seed suppliers often offer it. Stems and leaves are hairy and rough to the touch. Edges are toothless and there are 3 distinct veins along the length. It is native to parts of eastern North America 4 and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as. Lower leaves are long and narrow, to 8 inches long, ½ to 1 inch wide, on long stalks, becoming smaller and stalkless as they ascend the stem. Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Leaves are mostly basal, with stem leaves widely spaced and alternately attached on the lower half of the stem. A plant typically has 1 to a few flowering stems.
In the center is a large orangish brown disk, round to conical in shape, covered with small brown disk flowers with yellow pollen. Rays grow out and up, drooping down and curving under with maturity. Eastern Purple Coneflower is an introduced (native in some areas of North America - see below) erect perennial forb growing 2 to 5 feet in height on stems. Flowers are single at the end of a stout hairy stem, with 15 to 20 pink to light purple rays (petals), each ¾ to 1½ inches long and ¼ to 1/3 inch wide, with 3 notched teeth at the tip.