Echinacea purpurea is one of the great butterfly magnets of the native perennial garden. Coneflowers are easy to grow in average to dry, well-drained soils. Flowers with large orange-gold spiky centers and strong reflexed rose-pink petals appear in July and August. Very drought tolerant.

Height: 2-4 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Benefits for pollinators: It is a host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly (Chlosyne nycteis).

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