Echinacea pallida

A standout in one of our native gardens here at the farm and a pollinator favorite, Echinacea pallida is an utterly distinctive Coneflower. The 2-3' stems are topped by airy shuttlecock blossoms with pale pink to lavender-pink petals that are slender, irregular, sparsely arrayed, and almost fully reflexed. In autumn, the caramel brown cones provide food for a wide variety of winged creatures. When plants are grouped in clusters of three to five, they create a stunning sight amid Ornamental Grasses including Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster,’ Joe Pye Weed, and dark-leaved Penstemon in meadow gardens and mixed borders.

Echinacea, a North American genus in the Daisy family, has big, bright flowers that appear from late June until frost. Coneflowers thrive in average soils or hot, dry conditions and shrug off cold. Blooms last well, cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the heart of the flower head provide nourishment for birds. Coneflowers are equally at home in formal borders or cottage gardens. Deer resistant.

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