| Description | A purple colored Coneflower with long petals that hang down and look like a badminton shuttlecock. |
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| Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | best in full, mostly sunny, light shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dislikes wet winter soils |
| Flowers | petals (ray flowers) purple, long petals |
| Fruit | achene's in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | green, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Stems | stout stem, has coarse white hairs |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 3 feet tall |
| Maintenance | may reseed in the garden, cut back stout stem in fall or leave for winter interest |
| Propagation | plant patented, division, seeds will probably be different from the parents |
| Cultivar Origin | Intrinsic Perennials Illinois (USA), 1974 |
| Author's Notes | Echinacea have beautiful flowers, now available in a wide range of colors. The foliage is on the coarse side and many times starts to fade a way or deteriorate sooner than other plants. Using in combination with other plants will help mask these problems. I like to leave the flower heads on during the winter, since birds will dine on the seeds. |
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