
#PURPLE CONEFLOWER POWWOW WILD BERRY FULL#
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 18 inches.
PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower is recommended for the following landscape applications It has no significant negative characteristics. It is a good choice for attracting birds and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition. PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season. PowWow Wild Berry Coneflower has masses of beautiful lightly-scented hot pink daisy flowers with coppery-bronze eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. This stunning echinacea produces large purple-pink flowers with coppery centers a perfect choice for planting in groups, along border edges, or in containers great for flower arrangements, attracts pollinators
Stem: Stem Color: Green Purple/Lavender Stem Is Aromatic: No Stem Surface: Hairy (pubescent) Stem Description: The light green stems have small purple streaks and scattered white hairs.Other Names: Pow Wow Wild Berry Coneflower. The upper cauline (stem) leaves are reduced in size, narrower with a short petiolate to sessile (no stem) and nearly entire margins. The lower leaves are winged petiolate (with stems) and are ovate to broadly lanceolate, tip narrowly acute, broad cuneate base, and margins denticulate to coarsely toothed. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Green Leaf Feel: Rough Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Cuneate Elliptical Lanceolate Ovate Leaf Margin: Dentate Entire Serrate Hairs Present: Yes Leaf Length: 3-6 inches Leaf Width: 1-3 inches Leaf Description: 3-6 inch long alternate, simple, dark green, scabrous leaves. Reblooms without deadheading throughout the season. Flowers: Flower Color: Pink Purple/Lavender Flower Inflorescence: Head Flower Value To Gardener: Good Cut Good Dried Long Bloom Season Showy Flower Bloom Time: Fall Summer Flower Shape: Radial Flower Petals: 7 - 20 petals/rays Flower Size: 3-6 inches Flower Description: Showy purple pink flowers appear from summer through mid-fall. Sided achenes that are attractive to birds. Fruit: Fruit Color: Black Fruit Value To Gardener: Good Dried Display/Harvest Time: Fall Summer Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Length: < 1 inch Fruit Width: < 1 inch Fruit Description: Seeds produced in the center cone are small, dark, 4. Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil pH: Neutral (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist Occasionally Dry Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5b, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9b, 9a.
Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Perennial Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Clumping Dense Erect Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: Low Texture: Coarse. Play Value: Attractive Flowers Attracts Pollinators Easy to Grow Wildlife Food Source Dimensions: Height: 1 ft. Songbirds, especially American goldfinches, eat the seeds. Attributes: Genus: Echinacea Species: purpurea Family: Asteraceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Root Cutting Seed Fire Risk Rating: medium flammability Wildlife Value: Its flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinators.