❣️Organic Echinacea Purpurea-🟡Echinacea Seeds

Both people and pollinators love these pretty North American native perennials, which have seen a resurgence in popularity. Echinacea purpurea, the purple coneflower, is the most commonly found Echinacea species. 🌸The big blooms are made up of a brownish-orange central cone and a ring of long, slender petals with a pinkish-purple hue radiating out from it. There are many more species and cultivars in different colors to choose from. There’s a coneflower for every garden, including bright single flowers and double blossoms, and colors from 🧡orange and 💛yellow to ❤️red and 🩷deep pink. Coneflowers bloom from summer to fall and they shine in a variety of garden settings.✨

🌸Coneflower Overview🌸

🌸🪧Where to Plant Coneflower ?

What coneflower needs the most is sun so pick a location where it gets plenty. In terms of soil, coneflower is undemanding as long as there is good drainage, and the pH is in the neutral range.

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The landscaping options for planting coneflower are almost limitless. You can plant a single color in groups or mix different colors. Or you can interplant it with ornamental grasses or other perennials between the groups of different colors of coneflowers. Just keep in mind that whatever you plant should not be so tall as to deprive the coneflowers of sunlight.

🌼How and When to Plant Coneflower ?

Plant coneflower in the 🌿spring or early fall🍁. To plant a coneflower that you purchased from a nursery, dig a hole about twice the diameter of the pot and about the same depth. Place the plant in the hole and fill in the original soil to the top of the root ball. Gently tamp down the soil and water it well. Keep it watered for at least one week, until the plant is established.

Space plants 1 to 3 feet apart, depending on the mature size of the variety.

📝Coneflower Care Tips :

• ☀️Light

Coneflowers won’t tolerate anything less than full sun. ⛅If planted in too much shade, they tend to get leggy and flop. Plus, plants are more susceptible to foliar diseases, such as powdery mildew, when planted in the shade.

• 💧Soil and Water

Coneflowers are unfussy about soil texture; they can grow in sandy, rocky, and clay soil with a neutral pH (6.5 to 7.0). Good drainage, however, is key, they don’t like wet feet. Because purple coneflower is native to grass prairies, it prefers well-drained soil. Established plants tolerate drought well although they will bloom better if you water them regularly during dry spells.

• 🌡️Temperature and Humidity

Coneflowers are adapted to a wide climate range, from subzero winters down to zone 3 to hot summers up to zone 9. Hot, dry summers are not a problem. High humidity, on the other hand, is not ideal.

• 🪴Fertilizer

If the coneflowers are grown in soil that has been amended with organic matter, the plant should not require any fertilization other than sprinkling a couple of handfuls of compost around each plant in the spring. Excessive fertilization can lead to leggy plants.

• ✂️Pruning

Once plants have finished blooming, remove spent blooms to help encourage a second round of blooms.

As fall sets in, leave the stalks and seed heads on the plant, not just for winter interest—the seeds provide food for many small birds. Goldfinches especially seem fond of sitting atop spent blossoms and picking away at the tasty seeds.

• 🫙Potting and Repotting Coneflower

Coneflowers make good container plants, either on their own or in a planter with shorter filler plants. Select a tall 1-gallon container to fit the taproot of the coneflower and make sure it has large drainage holes. Fill it with a combination of well-draining potting mix and compost. Keep in mind that container plants require more frequent watering and fertilization than plants in the landscape.

Although coneflowers are winter-hardy in cold climates, growing in containers exposes their roots to the cold. To winterize the pots, insulate them by sinking the container in the ground or by placing it in a second, larger pot to create a planting silo.

Repot the coneflower to a larger pot with fresh potting mix when the root system has reached the sides of the container, or the roots grow out of the drainages holes.

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