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Echinacea purpurea - 'Rubinstern' (Cone Flower)

Type Herbaceous flower, Herb, Culinary, Deciduous, Flowering
Form Upright Taller-Growing Clump
Size Medium Border Plant (50-180cm height)
Colours Dark pink Flowers (Summer), Medium green Foliage
Care Regular Maintenance Required
Hardiness Frost hardy
Growth Medium Growing Plant
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Echinacea purpurea - Cultivation Notes

This shrubby perennial prefers full sun and well drained yet moist fertile soil. They like a regular mulching to improve soil quality yet don’t like being disturbed, so if you divide them, take care!


Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage


Strengths of Echinacea purpurea:

  • Tolerates full sun and sandy, drought-prone soils

Design & Plant Use for Echinacea purpurea:

  • Summer flowering herbaceous plant suitable for border planting
  • Ideal for planting within the herb garden
  • Herbaceous plant with culinary usage
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View all the plants listed in Genus Echinacea

View other herbaceous flowers with dark pink flowers, or herbaceous flowers with medium green foliage


Common Missspellings: Ecinacea, Echinacia, Eckinacea, Ekinacea, Ecinacear

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