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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: 35 inches
Plant Spread: 23 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Purple Coneflower
  • Eastern Purple Coneflower
  • Double Purple Coneflower
  • Coneflower

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-08-05
 1:33 pm. An amazing blossom.
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-07-27
 6:58 pm. An unusual array of petals.
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-07-17
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2014-07-02
Location: University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia 
Date: 2022-08-23
Location: University of Tartu Botanical Gardens, Estonia 
Date: 2022-08-23

Date: 2012-07-07
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2019-08-13

Date: 2012-07-07
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2017-08-16
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2009-08-06
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-08-01
 6:38 pm. An incredibly full-petalled flower.

photo credit: Alfred Osterloh

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lovesblooms On February 24, 2018 Seeds sown
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