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Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Purple Coneflower
The perennial Plant Association plant of the year for 1998.

 


Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower or Purple coneflower) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea.[1] Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always purple.

Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Frost'
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Frost' is the world's first variegated coneflower and was released in North America for 2003 by Terranova Nurseries of OR USA.

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' (Purple coneflower)
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Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
White Swan Coneflower, Purple Echinacea, Rudbeckia purpurea, Echinacea ...

Echinacea purpurea magnus
Purple coneflower
A relative of the black-eyed susan, this perennial bears large, purple flowers in summer, and takes its common name from the cone-shaped centers. Grows up to 4 feet tall, likes full sun.

Echinacea purpurea
'Magnus'
Magnus Purple Coneflower
Description
Echinacea has 9 species in its genus and all are native to the United States. They are related to Rudbeckia and have very much the same look when flowering.

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Asteraceae
Echinacea purpurea, or Purple Coneflower, is a very hardy perennial plant native from Ohio to Iowa and south to Louisiana and Texas.

Echinacea purpurea
Genus: Echinacea
Species: purpurea
The Greek translation of the Genus name is a reference to hedgehog-like spines of the flower cone.

Echinacea purpurea is a North American native. 'PowWow Wild Berry' is a 2010 AAS Flower Award Winner and was introduced by the PanAmerican Seed Company.
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#39 Echinacea purpurea
Common Names: purple coneflower
Family: Asteraceae/Compositae (aster/daisy Family)
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Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Daisy flowers of rosy purple with knobby orange-brown centers, which resemble small beehives, atop clumps of bristly oblong leaves. Grows to 4 feet tall. Zones A2, A3, 1-24.
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower is a native of prairies in Midwestern United States. It has, however, been planted across the country as an ornamental plant. In Connecticut, it occasionally grows wild.

We have three cultivars of Echinacea purpurea, all selected because they are semi-dwarfs that fit the perspective of our smallish streetside sun-garden better than would towerlingly full-sized echinaceas.

Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Latin Name: Echinacea purpurea
Habitat: Savannahs, prairies, roadsides
Blooms: Summer ...

Echinacea purpurea (Coneflower, Echinacea)
Cultivars include 'Magnus' (deep rosy pink with dark orange disks) and 'White Swan' (white with orange-brown disks).

Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflowers produce large, fragrant pink flowers beginning in April and May. The three to five foot flower stalks make them an excellent background planting for your landscape, or in a butterfly garden.

Echinacea purpurea
Plants of Home and Garden, Herbs
Increase by clump division in early spring, each clump some 4" wide, move to well-drained soil, never wet, and will tolerate very dry conditions. Good sun to part shade.

Echinacea purpurea (Eastern Purple Coneflowers)
80 (140)cm, Eastern Purple Coneflowers has dark pink petals surrounding an orange center on tall stems.

Echinacea purpurea
eastern purple coneflower
An attractive North American daisy, Echinacea purpurea has been in cultivation for over 200 years.
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Echinacea purpurea
MEDICINAL: Echinacea, also known as Purple Coneflower, is a natural antibiotic and immune system stimulator, helping to build resistance to colds, flus, and infections.

Echinacea purpurea
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'Matthew Saul'
HARVEST MOON CONEFLOWER ...

Echinacea purpurea, Rudbeckia purpurea
Family: Asteraceae / Compositae
Purple Coneflower, Kim's Knee High
Origin: North America ...

Echinacea Purpurea Plant Profile
Purple coneflowers or Echinaceas are fabulous perennial plants for use in a wide variety of gardening landscapes. See how to select and grow Echinacea plants.
Flowering Bulbs to Force Indoors ...

Echinacea purpurea : Purple Coneflower - Flowers
Echinacea purpurea 'Bravado' : Bravado Purple Coneflower - Flowers
Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' : White Swan Purple Coneflower - Flowers ...

Echinacea purpurea is a perfect choice for a cut flower garden or a field-grown cut flower for fresh and dried flower markets because it has a large, long-lasting flower on a long, sturdy stem and is produced over a long period of time.

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower, grows up to 2 to 3½ feet tall and 1½ feet wide. Flowers reach up to 3 inches wide with drooping (reflexed) petals. In contrast, the cultivars of E. purpurea tend to have more horizontal flower petals.

Botanical name: Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star'. Common Names: Sacred Plant, Black Sampson, Sampson Root, Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower and Red Sunflower. History: The Echinacea plant was used in traditio... more ...

Anthemis tinctoria
Echinacea purpurea
Helenium
Phlox paniculata
Sedum (upright, strong-growing forms such as 'Herbstfreude')
Solidago ...

Purple Echinacea purpurea
Coral Bells
Coral Bells Heuchera spp.
Coralberry (also see Snowberry)
Coralberry, Indiancurrant Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Doorenbos Symphoricarpos × doorenbosii ...

Deep Rose Coneflower [English]: Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor Deep Rose'
Deep Rose Painted Nettle Solenostemon Scutellarioides [English]: Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Deep Rose'
Deep Sea Lily [English]: Crinum bulbispermum ...

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
Echinops bannaticus (Echinops 'Taplow Blue')
Echinops exaltatus (Tall Globethistle)
Echinops ritro (Echinops 'Veitch's Blue')
Encelia californica
Encelia densifolia
Encelia farinosa (Brittlebush, Incienso) ...

Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Coral bells (Heuchera) hybrids)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora and Coreopsis verticillata)
Cranesbill (Geranium)
Crocosmia (Crocosmia crocosmiiflora) hybrids
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
Delphinium (Delphinium) ...

Nombres relacionados: Asteraceae (familia), Black sampson (inglés), Blacksamson echinacea (inglés), Brauneria pallida (sinónimo), Echinacea pallida (similar), Echinacea purpurea (similar), Echinacea tennesseensis (sinónimo), Equinácea (castellano), ...

Plant of the Week
Magnus Coneflower
Latin: Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Even though my cold didn't go away any faster than usual, I still like this plant.

White Lustre Coneflower ( Echinacea purpurea )
White Madonna Bougainvillea ( Bougainvillea buttiana )
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Finally, in August, annuals like cosmos, snapdragons, and zinnias take over, though plenty of perennials -- including monkshood (Aconitum), astilbe, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), oxeye (Heliopsis), balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus), ...

See also: Echinacea, Coreopsis, Tickseed, Pink, Carex

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