8/15/2023 0 Comments Purple coneflower embroidery![]() Garden to Table: Joe's 40th Anniversary Rosemary-Lemon Cake with Meyer Lemon Curd and Rosemary Buttercream Frosting Garden to Table: Cilantro Pumpkin Seed Pesto ![]() Spanish Moss: A Valuable Ecological Component of our Natural Plant Communities and Landscapes Why We No Longer Carry Non-Native Tropical Milkweed Garden to Table: Norma's Orange Mint Blondie Recipeįirefly conservation starts at home - in our yards and in our parks Patriotic Gardening: American plants feed American Critters Garden to Table: Native Jerusalem Artichoke aka Sunchokeīook Review: Local author and friend Sue Cerulean's 'I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird' Grow Your Own Salad and Stir Fry Garden This Winter Support Birds and Other Wildlife in Your Yard with Keystone Plants Native viburnums amplify fall color and biodiversity Plant a Native Tree this Winter to Provide Biodiversity in Your Yard Woodland Wildflowers for Native Pollinators Make your own bird saver to prevent birds from hitting window Garden to Table: Sicilian Eggplant and Herb Caponata Recipe Garden to Table: Lemon Verbena & Blueberry Shrub Grow Your Own Backyard Fruit: Fig Trees & Muscadine Vines Plant Profiles: Trees and Shrubs for Your Backyard Orchardīook Review– Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard Nativar: Are native cultivars as beneficial to wildlife as true native species? Nesting and Overwintering Habitat for Beneficial Insectsīokashi fermentation puts microbes to work in the garden Learn to Identify and Remove Invasive Plants The Out-of-Favor Native Persimmon Tree Has a Rich History in Florida Rattlesnake Master for War, for Medicine, and for Pollinators Lawns? Yawn! Plant Native Groundcovers for Excitement and the Environmentįight the Bite: DIY Eco-Friendly Mosquito Trap The Importance of Pines in our Urban Forest Start Your Own Tomatoes and Peppers from Seed in January Some information for this blog post came from the following sources – As always, give us a call to check availability before making a special trip (although we’re always happy to see you). Just plant it, and you’ll be glad you did.Īt Native Nurseries, we typically stock purple coneflower in 4” and 1-gallon pots. ![]() Plant it anywhere there’s adequate sun to invite more butterflies into your yard. Plant it in or near your vegetable garden to ensure plenty of pollinators for your tomatoes and such. I did touch on butterflies and bees, but the capacity of this wonderful wildflower for attracting these pollinators to your yard deserves another mention. So far you just cannot beat the native species for longevity and reliable performance. Donna says Kim’s Knee High was nice for two years but has not performed well since then. Lilly has had some success with Cheyenne Spirit, Pow Wow Berry and Pow Wow White but she’s only had them for two years, so the jury’s still out. While most probably do well for the season in which you plant them, many do not come back the next spring, at least not in this part of the country – or they are not as pretty if they do. There are many cultivars of purple coneflower and although they are beautiful, so far we are not very impressed. This will rejuvenate the plant and most likely cause a new flush of blooming that lasts till frost. If it starts to look tired or ragged in late summer, you can cut purple coneflower back by about a third. For best results, divide purple coneflower plants in the fall and no more than once every three to four years. It reseeds readily and can also be started from root division. Purple coneflower also makes a great, long lasting cut flower. Despite that height they rarely require staking. They occur on sturdy stalks, which may reach five feet in height. In the case of the purple coneflower, the flower head is orange and cone-shaped surrounded by pinkish/purple petals (bracts). It’s a member of the compositae family, so what looks like one flower is actually a flower head containing many small flowers. You (and the butterflies and bees) will enjoy almost non-stop blooming from summer to frost with this impressive wildflower. So unless you’re putting it in garden soil that’s been amended with mushroom compost over the years, adding a little dolomite lime to our acidic Tallahassee soil is a good idea. Although it’s tough and easy to grow - not fussy at all – it does prefer well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil. It’s a strong, drought tolerant perennial, for full sun to part. Purple coneflower ( Echinacea purpurea, pronounced eck-kin-NAY-see-uh pur-pur-EE-uh) is one of our favorite native wildflowers here at Native Nurseries.
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