Echinacea, The Hardy Coneflower

Coneflowers are especially hardy, Japanese beetles can be a problem in some areas, but they are resistant to mostly everything. They are beautiful and showy no matter what cultivar you choose. They have large brightly colored flowers with the big cone-like centers that give them their name. They grow to be about three feet tall and have big coarse leaves. They love sunlight and well-drained soil.

Echinacea, the hardy coneflower is a long-time garden favorite. This year’s line-up from Wayside Gardens is perfect for collectors and classic gardeners alike. As soon as you open the Wayside Gardens Spring Gardening 2007 catalog you are hit on pages two and three by the beautiful Big Sky series Echinaceas which you can buy separately or together in the “Cone Crazy” Echinacea collection. On pages 90 and 91 you can see the rest of the the Echinaceas offered this spring, including Rassmatazz, the first ever double Echinacea. There is plenty to choose from at Wayside Gardens if you are looking for coneflowers this spring.

For more information about the care of your Echinacea from GardenerHelp.org

This entry was posted on Monday, February 26th, 2007 at 4:18 pm by John Durst and is filed under Coneflower, Echinacea, Photos, Shade Perennials, Sun Perennials. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.