My name is Stephanie Stewart, and I live in Averill Park, New York.
Lately I’ve seen a lot about coneflowers (Echinacea species and hybrids, Zones 4–9) and I’m not surprised! They add color and texture and height to my gardens—and they are so easy to care for. Mine range in color from whites, to pinks, to neon orange and reds. Heights range from 8 inches to 36 inches.
I started buying coneflowers a few years ago after reading about them in Fine Gardening and have added a couple more each year.
Butterflies and bees love them, and so do I.
This looks to be ‘Cheyenne Spirit’, which boasts a great mix of colors on healthy, long-lived plants. And as you can see in this photo, the bees enjoy them as well.
That’s an incredibly rich, saturated pink on this coneflower.
The classic, original Echinacea purpurea is still a beautiful plant well worth growing despite all the new hybrids in other colors.
Hybrids between pink Echinacea purpurea and the yellow Echinacea paradoxa allowed for the development of all these new varieties with brilliant colors.
It’s beautiful to see how the look of the flower changes as the petals fully unfurl and open up.
Many new selections of coneflowers are shorter, but taller forms like this add great presence to the garden.
A perfect pink coneflower
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I’m going to buy some. Really great.
What a beautiful collection of coneflowers! I discovered Cheyenne Spirit this year via Fine Gardening and planted a few - the colors are amazing, and they change as the flower ages. Thanks for sharing your photos.
Love them, too, and they are so tough as well as beautiful. Every time I remove a plant that just isn't working, I seem to replace it with a coneflower. Thanks for sharing your lovely collection!
Oh I love Cone Flowers! You have such a nice variety!
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Coneflowers typically have large, daisy-like flowers with prominent raised centers, resembling a cone. The central cone is made up of disk florets, and colorful petal-like rays surround it. basketrandom.net
The flowers of coneflowers come in various colors, including shades of pink, purple, white, and orange. The central cones often have a spiky or cone-shaped appearance, contributing to the plant's common name. basketrandom
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