Coneflower

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Colorful Coneflowers at Nature Hills! The incredible Coneflower (Echinacea) is a group of herbaceous flowering perennials in the Daisy family. The name is derived from the Greek word echino which means "sea urchin". Once you see the unique spiky domed seed pods in the fall, you'll see the comparison! Coneflowers are hardy native wildflowers found growing in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas in many parts of North America. Blooming from early to late summer, these plants display large, colorful heads of composite flowers with bold petals that are pollinator and butterfly favorites! Coneflowers are excellent, long-blooming herbaceous perennial plants with coarse, scratchy green leaves that are long, oval, and pointed. With great branching and dense growth, even when not in flower, these perennials have fantastic texture! Many Types of Coneflowers For You To Choose From! From the traditional pinkish-purple Ruby Star or Prairie Splendor™ Coneflower, to the more vivid red Coneflowers like PRAIRIE STARS™ Tomato Soup and Sombrero Salsa Red! Snip a few stems for bouquets out of this world! There are White Swan and Sombrero Blanco, the brilliant Fragrant Angel Coneflower, and the unique Green Envy and Green Jewel! Orange Julia and Artisan™ Red Ombre, or yellow Sombrero Lemon Yellow add fiery warmth! The demure native forms like Gray-Headed Coneflower or Purple Coneflower can be found rambling through the prairie. Plant throughout the Xeric landscape and use Coneflower as firewise landscaping defensible buffers around your home! While the double-flowered Hot Papaya, Secret Passion, Lemon Drop Coneflower, Meringue, and Double Scoop have big fluffy petalled domed centers! These unique flower forms are must-haves in the Cottage border and cutting garden! From the big and tall Magnus Coneflower to the wee little Pixie Meadowbrite and Kim's Knee High™, and every size in between! This gives you plenty of size options for you to fill your garden no matter how much size you