Echinacea Pow Wow Wildberry 17Cm Pot

Description

Common Name: Purple Coneflower
 

Wow!  This new variety is incredibly impressive for a seed grown Echinacea.  It’s no surprise that it is a 2010 All America Selections winner. 

In our trials, we noted how floriferous the plants were.  Each stocky, relatively short plant carried a bouquet of fragrant, 3-4”, deep purple-pink to near-magenta flowers on stiff, branched stems. More branches result in more flowers per plant and a showier display in the landscape.  We noted that the older flowers were nearly the same magenta colour as the new flowers; the flowers held their bright coloration very well as they aged. 

This first-year flowering perennial reportedly keeps on blooming without having to be deadheaded, though you may still want to trim back spent flowers to maintain a tidy appearance.

Praised for their cheerful brightly coloured flowers, coneflowers are a mainstay in today's garden. Be sure to leave some spent blooms on the plants in the fall because their seeds provide winter food for finches and other birds. The dried seed heads also provide architectural interest in the winter.

How to Grow

Echinacea purpurea is a wildflower native to the eastern United States and is well-adapted to survive the hot, windy conditions typical of that region. If properly cared for, they will form attractive colonies and will live for many years.

Coneflowers like it sunny and hot. Though they will tolerate light shade, fewer flowers will be produced and the plants will be weakened. Light, loamy soils are best but coneflowers will grow in any well-drained soil. Once established, they are quite drought tolerant.