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Image shows the charming flowers of the butterfly attractor
Echinacea
purpurea
'Double Delight'
or
Double Purple Conefloweror
Eastern Purple Coneflower
or
Purple Coneflower |
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Echinacea purpurea 'Double Delight'
(Double Purple Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower) |
Family: Asteraceae
Hybridizer: Arie Blom, Neitherlands (2008)
Light: Full sun-light shade
Height: 1.5-3'
Spread: 1.5-2'
Blooms: Showy, pink, daisy-like, flowers on hairy, erect stem,
mid-Summer-frost
Foliage: Smooth, herbaceous, lance-shaped, coarse-textured
Soil: Well-drained, acidic, neutral, alkaline, drought tolerant
Water: Low
Propagation:
Uses: Container, patio, borders, masses, cut flowers, dried
flowers, cottage setting
Comments:
Echinacea purpurea 'Double Delight' or Double Purple Coneflower or
Eastern Purple Coneflower
or
Purple Coneflower
is an upright, self-sowing
hardy perennial. From mid-Summer till frost, it produces
spectacular pink flowers on shorter stems that supports the heavy
flowerhead well.
Echinacea purpurea 'Double Delight' is
easy to grow. The petals hang down its sides, showing off its big rounded brown head. Grown in masses,
Double Purple Coneflower
really add
beauty and color to the
sunny border or in a cottage garden. It can be container cultivated to
add color to the patio or deck. The butterflies loves the
Eastern
Purple
Coneflower
blooms and the Goldfinches and
songbirds enjoy feasting on the seeds.
Echinacea purpurea 'Double Delight' is deer resistant and is drought tolerant.
Purple Coneflower is popular used as a traditional medicine by the North
American Indans and it is now commonly used as an immune
booster to defend your body against minor infections and initial signs
of minor respiratory disease, flus and colds. Interestingly,
Echino is the Greek word for 'spiny', describing the flower disk head as
such.
USDA Hardiness Zones : 3-10 |
