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Asteraceae
Eastern purple-coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Also known as Helichroa elatior, Echinacea, Echinacea purpurea f. ligettii, Hedgehog coneflower
Zones 3–9Sun Full SunWater ModerateCare Low
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native · Perennial · Wildflower · Pollinator · Prairie · Medicinal · Drought Tolerant · Coneflower · Purple · Echinacea
Pet-safeBeginner-friendlyMedicinalAttracts pollinators
In stock at 1 nurseryStock updated 9/9/2026
Eastern purple coneflower is a hardy native perennial that thrives in full sun to part shade with minimal watering once established. Plant in well-draining soil and deadhead spent blooms to encourage prolonged flowering from midsummer through fall. It is drought-tolerant once mature and requires little fertilizing, making it an excellent low-maintenance garden addition.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, then allow top 2 inches to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7.2
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bolivia, Borneo, Colorado, Costa Rica, Delaware, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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