Plants ยป Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea

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Echinacea purpurea
Family Compositae
Genus Echinacea
Species
Common Name(s) Purple coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Black samson
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Features Flowers
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Echinacea purpurea

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Description

Outstanding giant daisy-like flowers with a single row of lilac-pink petals drooping back around the dark-red 'pincushion' center, itself filling out into a large burned-orange cone as the petals drop away. Vigorous upright branching perennialThis species is an upright clumped perennial herb which is easy to grow.

Microclimate
Sun Partial SunFull Sun
Shelter Moderate ShelterOpen Position
Aspect East, South, West
Hardiness hardy
Drainage Well Drained
Semi-moist conditions
Soil Type Chalk, Loam, Sand
Humus-rich, clay, loamy light, medium soil.
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Includes
Echinacea purpurea `Magnus`
Echinacea purpurea `Mistral`
Echinacea purpurea `Robert Bloom`
Echinacea purpurea `Sunset`
Echinacea purpurea `White Lustre`
Echinacea purpurea `White Swan`

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Foliage
Height (m) : 0.6 - 1.2
Spread (m) : 0.3 - 0.5
Growth Habit : Columnar/Upright, Clump
Type : Evergreen
Colour : Red, Green
Scent : Faint

Seasons
Planting : Early Spring
Flowering : Late Summer - Mid Autumn
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Flowers
Colour : Red, Pink, Purple
Size : Medium (3 to 10 cm)
Profusion : medium
Scent : Faint
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