species
Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Echinacea purpurea belongs to the family Asteraceae, also known as Purple coneflower, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.2 m tall and 50 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, sand or chalk soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained or moist conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from July to September. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.2 m tall × 50 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Chalk
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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