Pale Purple Coneflower

Native gardens simply aren't complete without a healthy variety of Coneflowers! Coming in all sizes and colors, finding a variety is hardly a complicated task. When picking out flowers for your native or pollinator garden, a must-have is the Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)!

The Pale Purple Coneflower, like most other Coneflowers, has a prominent orange-rosy red spikey cone in the center. Where they differ is their long and slender petals that fall in a cascade from the cones. The color could be described as pale purple but that would be doing it a disservice. It's closer to the color of dawn right before the sun rises on the horizon. One thing is for sure, it's a shade you won't want to miss!

The unique look of this flower doesn't end there though! The majority of this plant is close to the ground a vibrant green. However, the flowers shoot up midsummer til fall on strong and sturdy stems. Fantastically hardy throughout most of the US Growing Zones 3 through 10 and growing upwards of four feet tall, but only spreading 18 inches wide.

Planting and Application:

Easy to grow, full of texture, and packed with personality, the Pale Purple Coneflower will elevate any landscape it graces! The ways to use this flower in gardens are endless! Pale Purple Coneflowers are lovely planted in mass as a back border specimen or as fantastic accents to naturalized areas such as meadows. Creativity is a Coneflower's best friend!

The Pale Purple Coneflower is the perfect specimen for perennial gardens that need a little bit of texture! This Coneflower may be purple, but it will light up with an abundance of colors throughout the season as butterflies flock to grab a tasty snack!

Cornflowers are notorious pollinator favorites, having a few in the garden guarantees visits by your winged friends. Plant with other sun-garden perennials, pollinator plants, and butterfly Host Plants like Milkweed!

Pale Purple Coneflowers are native to a large part of the country. From the open dry rocky prairies to savannahs and glades, this flower grows effortlessly just about anywhere! So you know they will do great in your pampered Cottage Garden, Cut Flower Garden, and throughout your wildflower areas for the bees to frolic through!

Their native hardiness means Xeric sites and hell strips along the sun-drenched stretches along pathways, sidewalks, around the mailbox and en masse where their durability really shines!

• Large Soft-Pink Long Petals Droop Backwards
• Raised Dark Pink Spikey Cones
• Tall Reddish Stems & Dark Green Foliage Mounds
• Hardy Native Perennial Coneflowers
• Prairie & Wildlife Gardens, Sunny Landscape Accents & Back-of-the-Border

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Coneflowers thrive best when planted in well-drained soil in either full sun or partial shade. These herbaceous perennials have a low moisture requirement, meaning it is quite drought tolerant as well, but until they are established, provide regular moisture during their first year and during extreme drought and heat to keep the blooms returning happily!

All plants appreciate a 3-4-inch layer of arborist mulch and Nature Hills Root Booster to keep them stress-free. Coneflowers can rebloom without deadheading, but if spent flowers are removed, it encourages rebloom while improving their general appearance. Divide the clumps every 3-4 years to prevent them from becoming overcrowded.

• Bloom Best & Strongest Stems In Full Sun
• Any Well-Drained Soil Type
• Moderate Moisture Needs - Drought-Tolerant Once Established
• Deadhead Often For More Blooms & Prune Early Spring
• Heat & Cold Hardy - Deer, Rabbit & Pest-Resistant

Coneflowers have a personality all their own and are hard to replicate. You'll want a whole host of them filling your naturalized gardens. Order a Pale Purple Coneflower today at NatureHills.com and enjoy having your new native perennials delivered to your doorstep!