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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Coneflower
  • Eastern Purple Coneflower

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2014-08-09
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-08-02
- This Green Envy seedling began by showing a green center, but t
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: Summer 2010
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-08-02
- The beginning green is always amazing.
Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-25
 12: 24 pm. Starts out very green, and then some pink comes in.
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2015-08-17
Location: Part Sun Pittsford NY
Date: 2010-08-08
I am disapointed in the bloom time of this plant. Its not as gree
Photo by abhege
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-29
 7:45 pm. Notice the green in the centre of the cone, larger in t
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: 2013-07-13

Date: 2016-06-06
  • Uploaded by Cat
Location: Part Sun Pittsford NY
Date: 2010-07-28
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-06-19
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-01-28
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-06-17
Taken in late morning.
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2012-07-02
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-06-01
2nd Year grown from seed
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08
Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08

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Comments:
  • Posted by NHJenDion (Southern NH - Zone 5b) on Sep 24, 2015 10:48 AM concerning plant:
    While I have read mixed reviews of this variety, I like it. The flowers slowly lose the green as the pink area of the petals enlarges. Seems fairly long lived (so far it's 5+ years old). As with most echinacea (to my knowledge), it does not always come true to seed.
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