Purple Coneflower Seeds (Echinacea purpurea)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a must-have perennial flower for any native garden. Its large beautiful flowers bloom for multiple months and attract tons of bees and butterflies.
It’s also used in traditional herbal medicine to improve the immune system, help with cold/flu symptoms, and reduce inflammation.
Seeds do not require any pre-treatment or cold stratification to germinate
See care info for Purple Coneflower below
Perennial Zones 4-8
Seed germination: No pre-treatment needed
Sun: Full to partial
Moisture: Medium to dry
Height: 2-5’
Spacing: 1-2’
Bloom: July-Sept
Other names: Eastern coneflower, echinacea
Deer resistant
Attracts birds, bees, & butterflies
Drought tolerant
Used in herbal medicine
Compared to foreign plants, native plants:
Require less maintenance
Use less water
Are more beneficial to native wildlife
Sequester more atmospheric carbon (that means they help fight climate change!)
Native range of Echinacea purpurea
All of our seeds are sustainably harvested from plants that have never been treated with pesticides or other harmful synthetic chemicals!
The Purple Coneflowers in the photos are the actual plants who made these seeds
