Featured plant: Purple coneflower, echinacea

PURPLE CONEFLOWER, Echinacea, 100 seeds, perennial, medicinal, birds and butterflies

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Perennial. Zones 2-10. This is a very pretty medicinal plant. It's purple/pink blooms appear in July-August. It needs full sun, well drained soil, and water when dry. It will grow in part sun but will be spindly and have a tendancy to flop over and have fewer blooms. It grows to 3', sometimes 4' in good soil or with added organic matter. Will bloom the second year from seed. This is the most widely used Echinacea for boosting the immune system. All parts of the plant are considered medicinal. Pretty in the border and also attracts butterflies in bloom and goldfinches when in seed.

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