Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
- Size
- 0.9 m tall, 0.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- July to September
- Bees and butterflies
- Border planting
- Cut flowers
- Good for pollinators
- Seedheads through winter
Safety
Nothing on our safety list for this plant.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Perennials
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Size when mature
- 0.9 m tall, 0.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Soil
- loam, sand
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- July to September
- For pollinators
- Very good
- Water
- Medium water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Steady
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
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