Easily grown from seed, they thrive on neglect. Traditionally purple, with ray flowers that droop downward off the central cone, Coneflowers today enjoy a rich variety of colors and flower shapes with ray florets held horizontal, single or even doubled, giving them the look of Chrysanthemum. A great prairie flower, its bright and large blossoms made a successful transition to the backyard. Truly an American plant, native to the central and eastern part of the country, it was used by the early Native Americans to cure wounds and infections. Were partial, of course, to our own selection of the Purple Coneflower, but we find real value in the popular Echinacea purpurea Magnus variety. Propagate by division in spring or fall or by root cuttings from late fall to early winter.Įchinacea, commonly called Coneflower, has been cultivated as a hardy and showy perennial since the 1700s, both in North America and Europe.Remove spent flowers and cut back the stems to encourage further blooms.Attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators, but deer resistant. If flower heads are not removed in the fall, the blackened cones will be visited by birds that feed on the seeds.
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