A beautiful easy flower for bringing color to gardens and landscapes! Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds!
Coneflower produces large, rose-purple flowers with prickly, dome-shaped centers. Easy to grow and long-blooming. Tolerates of heat and humidity. Recommended for home gardens, meadow gardens, pollinator and wildlife mix gardens. Excellent cut flower. Purple coneflowers will attract butterflies, honey bees and bumblebees. It is the host plant for the Ottoe Skipper. The seeds of Purple Coneflower are eaten by goldfinches and other birds.
Direct sow or start inside 8 -10 weeks before last frost date. After 2 pairs of true leaves appear transfer to larger containers. Before transferring to garden accustom plants to the outside by moving to a sheltered shady area for a week.
Seed Information:
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Lifecycle: perennial
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Sun Requirement: sun
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Spacing: 18" apart
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Depth: 1/4 inch
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Bloom Season: summer to fall
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Height: 24" - 36"
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Uses: cottage garden, Bee attractant, Butterfly attractant, hummingbird, pollinator, cut flower
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Low Maintenance : yes
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Seeds/Oz: 7500
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LBS./Acre: 11
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Sowing Method: Transplant
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Plant Scientific Name: Echinacea
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