Common Name: Purple Coneflower
This variety is incredibly impressive for a seed grown Echinacea. It’s no surprise that it is a 2010 All America Selections winner.
Each stocky, relatively short plant carries a bouquet of fragrant, 3-4”, deep purple-pink to near-magenta flowers on stiff, branched stems. The flowers hold their bright coloration very well as they age.
This first year flowering perennial reportedly keeps on blooming without having to be deadheaded, though you may still want to trim back spent flowers to maintain a tidy appearance.
Praised for their cheerful brightly colored flowers, coneflowers are a mainstay in today's garden. Be sure to leave some spent blooms on the plants in the fall because their seeds provide winter food for finches and other birds. The dried seed heads also provide architectural interest in the winter.
