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PURPLE CONEFLOWER DEER RESISTANT DOWNLOAD
View more Planting Guides, or download our complete Planting Guide for tips on caring for your plants when you receive your order, as well as planting instructions for Perennials, Spring-Planted Bulbs, Fall-Planted Bulbs, Cacti & Succulents, Xeric Plants and more.Īs soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. More in-depth guidance for growing and maintaining Echinacea plants: Purple Coneflowers: Native Grace and Beauty in the Garden and Echinacea: Rocky Top Hybrids, Echinacea - Perennial of the Year. Spring Care: Cut back the dry stalks to the crowns of the plant in early spring. You can cut back seed heads in the fall, where you don't wish the plant to reseed.

Plant it in a wide, shallow depression and mulch amply or place right up against the north side of a low, wide rock, tilted to shed water on the Echinacea's side.įall Care: You can leave the dried seed heads for winter, as they provide food for birds.

'Rocky Top Hybrid' echinacea, while xeric, appreciates extra moisture provided by some easily accomplished water harvesting techniques. Species and cultivars raised from seed will often reseed themselves to continue their presence in our gardens. Healthy individual coneflowers will grow in the garden for 3 to 5 years. and are most commonly found growing in prairie habitats.Įchinacea thrive in our gardens when provided with well drained soils, plenty of sunshine and moderate to dry moisture conditions depending on the species and cultivars. They are native to the eastern half of the U.S. This genus is invaluable for the mid- to late-summer garden, bringing color into our plantings when many spring bloomers have gone green for the season. Tips For Growing Echinacea (Purple Coneflower)
