Coneflower Purple Seeds – Heirloom Classic Native Beauty
- Ontario Grown
$1.95
SKU: GS-9282-CON-DEF
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- Organicly grown
- Non GMO
Description
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is an iconic North American native heirloom celebrated for its daisy-like blossoms featuring magenta-purple petals surrounding a prominent, spiky, copper-orange central cone. Rising on sturdy, upright stems clothed in deep green foliage, it blooms abundantly from mid-summer straight through early fall. Highly valued as both a timeless garden ornamental and a historic herbal staple, this hardy perennial is a magnet for bees, butterflies, and songbirds, bringing long-lasting color, drought resilience, and wildlife value to borders, meadows, and cut flower arrangements.
Specifications
- Plant Name: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
- Plant Class: Native Flowering Perennial / Herbal Botanical
- Color: Rosy magenta-purple ray florets, metallic copper-orange central cones
- Plant Characteristics: Sturdy upright branching habit, coarse dark green lanceolate leaves, spiky cone structure, heat-
- drought-hardy: drought-hardy
- Suitable Space: Cottage garden borders, native perennial beds, cut flower gardens, pollinator plots, naturalized prairies
- Season: Mid-Summer through Early Autumn Bloom
- Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start indoors late February to March (cold stratify seeds in damp towel in fridge for 2–4 weeks prior to speed germination); or direct sow outdoors in late autumn for natural winter stratification or late spring (May).
- Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade (best flower output
- stem strength in full sun): stem strength in full sun)
- Watering Needs: Low to Moderate (drought-tolerant once established; thrives in well-drained soil)
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