Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Also called purple coneflower.
Long-blooming prairie perennial with drooping rose-purple petals around a bronze cone. Seedheads feed goldfinches into winter.
Size over time
Typical landscape size 0.6–1.2 m (2–4 ft) tall and 0.5–0.6 m (1–2 ft) wide; medium growth, about 3 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.25) from the #1 install size.
Bloom
Rose-magenta flowers, Jun–Sep (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).
| Plant | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purple coneflower : Jun–Sep |
Design notes
- Leave seedheads standing over winter; cut back in late winter.
- Many novelty-colour hybrids are shorter-lived than the species; aster yellows disease distorts flowers — remove affected plants.
Regions
Native range: Central and southeastern U.S..
Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:
Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.
Related plants
Plan with Purple coneflower
Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.