Echinacea

purpurea

PURPLE AUTUMN CONEFLOWERS

SALE: Buy 1 get 2 packs

Echinacea purpurea
PURPLE AUTUMN CONEFLOWERS
SALE: Buy 1 get 2 packs

Large sunrays of dusky rose pink, downward facing petals, encircle showy mahogany cones, on much loved Echinacea purpurea.

Ancient herbal tonic

Echinacea purpurea (commonly called Purple Coneflower) has sprung to fame in recent times as a natural herbal tonic. It is reputed to enhance the immune system and aid in the speedy recovery from coughs and colds.
Whatever the science of this claim, Echinacea is worth growing anyway for it’s wonderful coned flowers, excellent cut flowers, and long and prolific blooming.

Dusky rose-purple rayed blooms & bold cones

Abundant flowers bloom from late spring to first frost on well branched stems.

Strong stems – no staking

And the strong stems do not need staking.

Excellent cut flowers

Echinacea purpurea gives excellent cut flowers, to use either fresh or dried.

Decorative & useful cones

The cones are also decorative on the plant long after the petals have dropped.
So gardeners often leave the cones to stand through winter, providing both visual structure, and feed for small native seed eating birds.

Cones for dried flowers

The cones are also lovely when cut and dried for floral arrangements

Easy to grow

This hardy native of North America enjoys Full Sun to Light Shade.

Unfussy & low manitenance

It is a very unfussy, low maintenance plant, which grows happily in just about any well drained soil.

Water-wise & frost hardy

Once established it is water-wise plant, that needs only minimal extra watering, and can survive dry spells well.
It is robustly frost hardy.

90cm. High in summer-autumn bloom x 45cm, wide, low rosette of foliage.

SEED SOWING ADVICE: QUICK & EASY

Sow at any time of year in punnets indoors / or scatter in garden late winter & spring or late summer & autumn.

Sow indoors for quick plants & early flowers: Sow in punnets on surface of good quality seed raising mix, moistened through.
Press gently. Light is needed for germination, so only barely cover.

Keep moist. 20-24°C approx. optimum for rapid germination.

Germination may start after just 5 days and may take up to 20 days.
Echinacea will flower in 11 to 15 weeks from sowing so Flowers are possible in the first year.

Prick out seedlings once large enough to handle into 7.5cm pots to grow on before planting out in spring in well drained soil.

Seed Count: 40 seeds per pack approx.
(We always aim to exceed the stated seed count and give a generous serve).

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