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Echinacea purpurea * Purple Cone Flower

Along about midsummer the daisy family becomes the top dog in the garden.  And the cone flowers are tops in that category.  In the wild Echinacea purpurea is being over-harvested for the roots which are highly esteemed by those that make herbal remedies.  So grow some of your own purple cone flower and you will have plenty.  It grows to 18-24" tall and forms a gradually spreading clump.  Purple cone flower can be easily divided in the fall.  With all of the yellows and oranges becoming dominant in the summer it is nice to have something on the pink and purple side.  Echinacea purpurea will mix well in the perennial garden as well as the meadow garden.  There are a wide range of Echinacea purpurea cultivars available, below there are links to nurseries that sell them.

Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'.  Dwarf cultivar with rosy pink flowers and reflexed petals.  Click here to buy plants.

Echinacea purpurea 'Little Giant'.  Dwarf cultivar with particularly large pink flowers, 1 foot tall.  Click here to buy plants

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'.  Big, 3 feet tall, with red-purple flowers.  Click here to buy plants.

Echinacea purpurea 'Purple'.  Pictured below.  2 feet tall.  Click here to buy plants.

Echinacea purpurea 'Sparkler'.  2 feet tall, speckled variegation on the foliage. Pale pink flowers.  Click here to buy plants.

Echinacea purpurea 'Sunrise'.  4-5" Yellow flowers, 2 feet tall, new cultivar on the market.  Click here to buy plants.

Echinacea purpurea 'Sunset'.  4" orange flowers with dark centers, 2 feet tall, new cultivar on the market.  Click here to buy plants.

Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'.  2 feet tall, white flowers, reflexed petals.  Click here to buy plants.

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