Purple coneflower has pink-purple petals around a raised dark centre, with sturdy summer flowers followed by seedheads for birds.
- Height
- 91–122 cm / 3–4 ft
- Spread
- 30–61 cm / 1–2 ft
- Light
- Full sun / Partial shade
- Soil moisture
- Dry / Moist, well-drained
- Flowering
- Summer
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Maintenance
- Low
- USDA zones
- 3a–8b
Planting
Plant in sun or partial shade with moist, well-drained soil. It adapts to several soil types and suits groups in perennial borders, meadows or pollinator planting.
Care
Leave some flower heads to set seed for birds. Retain sections of the hollow dead stems as nesting habitat for bees.
Before planting: It can reseed around the garden, and aster yellows is a possible disease problem.
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Sources & photo credit
Plant reference: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Content checked . Flowering seasons vary with local climate; USDA zones describe winter cold tolerance.
- Purple coneflower: Hope Duckworth · CC BY 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Pale purple coneflower: Llez · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Yellow coneflower: Kristine Paulus · CC BY 2.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- 'Dilys' geranium: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.