Echinacea purpurea 'Happy Star'

Perennials
Written By Elizabeth Broadbent
 

Common Names: purple coneflowe

Family: Asteraceae

Features:

  • Upright perennial coneflower.

  • Deep green, leafy clumps, and large daisy-like flowers.

  • White, reflexed petals surrounding a prominent, central orange cone

Sunlight: Full sun

Ultimate Height: 0.5 - 1 meters

Ultimate Spread: 0.5 - 1 meters

Flowering: Summer - Autumn

 

Care:

Deadhead the flowers as they fade to encourage more to form, but in autumn leave the seedheads for the birds. Cut them back the following spring, when the new foliage emerges. Mulch echinaceas with well-rotted manure or compost in autumn.

Elizabeth Broadbent
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