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'Purple Coneflower' prefers locations that receive full sun and soil that is well-drained. Additionally, in the late fall to early winter, you can also take cuttings of roots that are at least the diameter of a pencil, plant those, and they will develop into plants. In the early spring or late fall, you can break up clumps and replant them. Surface sow or cover no more than one-eighth inch deep.Īlong with starting from seeds, once your plants are established, you can increase your population of them by division or cuttings.

For best results, start seeds indoors in flats and transplant prior to the beginning of the growing season. When starting from seed, daily temperature fluctuations or stratification is required to end dormancy. Depending on the location, it blooms throughout the summer and into the early fall. It seems to do equally well in moist or dry soil, and once established, can tolerate drought conditions. It does well over a broad range of climate zones but does not grow in shady locations. It can now be found in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and Midwestern United States as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario.Īlthough Echinacea became well known and quite popular for its medicinal properties during the later part of the twentieth-century, it is also a wonderful addition to your perennial flower garden. Echinacea purpurea (also known as 'Eastern Purple Coneflower' or simply 'Purple Coneflower') is native to Eastern North American and in the sunflower family.

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