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Purple Coneflower - Echinacea 
Common Wildflower Name: Purple Coneflower
Botanical Wildflower Name: Echinacea Purpurea
Purple Coneflower - Echinacea Wildflowers are easy to grow perennials that are adaptable to many conditions and regions.
Echinacea makes excellent cut flowers, butterflies are attracted to it, blooms all summer long, and it can be used as an herb. Purple Coneflowers are an excellent addition to any garden. The flowers are 3-4” across with drooping petals and very long lived. The petals are a purple/pink and the centers are a dark purple brown. The seed heads are also attractive and I like to leave them on the plant for the birds. They will grow in just about any soil and will tolerate drought conditions but will thrive in moist well-drained soil. Careful when you are doing your weeding in the spring because they re-seed very easily. Just look for that familiar pointed leaf.
Coneflowers are good in borders or a good anchor plant. They look very nice with Russian Sage (Gray foliage and lavender spiky flowers) and pale yellow Thread leaf Coreopsis. All of these will give you constant color long into fall.
Details on the Purple Coneflower:Flower Color Purple Coneflower Wildflowers are light pink to ceriseFlower Height Grows up to 3 feet Growth Hardiness Zones Zones 3-9
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Purple Coneflower Wildflowers are perennials. Each spring it returns from the same root system. It blooms the 2nd spring from seed. Origins They are indigenous to the North American Plains Bloom Time Purple Coneflower Wildflowers bloom mid and late season Description & Type Is like a regular Daisy Sun or Shade Purple Coneflower Wildflowers do well in full sun or light shade Soil Preference They are adaptable to many soil conditions Water / Moisture Requirements This wildflower needs average to dry moisture conditions
Invasive Level
Purple Coneflower Wildflowers are not considered invasive
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