| Description | A purple magenta colored cone flower. |
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| Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah)(pur-pur-EE-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, part sun |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average, dislikes wet winter soils |
| Flowers | slightly up turned, purple magenta |
| Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | green, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Dimensions | 1.5-2 by 1-1.5 inches (HS) |
| Maintenance | may reseed in the garden, cut back stout stem in fall or leave for winter interest |
| Propagation | plant patented, division, seeds grown will probably be different from the parents |
| Native Site | Species plant native to America. |
| Cultivar Origin | Piet Oudolf, Nedtherlands |
| Misc Facts | Genus name of Echinacea comes from the Greek word echinos meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. |
| 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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