Echinacea angustifolia

Raspberry pink, daisy-like flowers from June to July and sporadic blooms throughout the summer appear over hairy, narrow foliage. Flowers are attractive to native bees and butterflies. Seeds are eaten by songbirds. Drought tolerant and highly adaptable to many tricky soil types.

H: 18 Inches  ·   S: 12 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Echinacea pallida

A pollinator magnet from June to August with delicate, pale pink daisy-like flowers. Low maintenance, easy to grow, and very drought tolerant – perfect for the full sun perennial garden, meadow garden, or naturalized garden. Deer resistant.

H: 36 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 16 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Echinacea paradoxa

Large yellow daisy-like coneflowers with drooping petals above green smooth lanceolate leaves through mid summer. A good fall food source for Goldfinches.

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 20 Inches  ·   Zone: 5

Echinacea purpurea

Pink to light purple daisy-like flowers above hairy green leaves from June through August. Exhibits seedling variation in color and height. An important food source for songbirds.

H: 36 Inches  ·   S: 24 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Echinacea purpurea 'Cheyenne Spirit'

Flowers display a showy palette of reds, yellows, oranges, creams, purples and whites from June to August. Great for use as a specimen or in a mass planting. Tolerant of drought and shallow, rocky soils.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea 'Fiery Meadow Mama'

Drooping petals flush from yellow to red at the base of the cones, over green stems and leaves. Blooming starts late June and extends into August. A striking color combination.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 5

Echinacea purpurea Kismet® 'Intense Orange' PP28769

Deep orange coneflowers on sturdy green stems in late June through July. Flowers are large and flat with darker orange cones.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea Kismet® 'Raspberry' PP28768

Large raspberry red horizontal flowers top compact green foliage. Bloom period lasts from late June through August! An important source of seed for Goldfinches and small birds.

H: 16 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea Kismet® 'Red' PP29743

Bright red daisy-like coneflowers are held on dark bronze stems over green foliage starting in mid summer. Blooms for a long time, and makes a showy cut flower.

H: 20 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea Kismet® 'Yellow' PP29922

Large bright yellow flowers with horizontal petals above compact green foliage. Blooms from late June through August. Compact strong habit and heavy blooming makes this great in a mixed border.

H: 16 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

'Magnus' Purple Coneflower has pink flowers in June and July. The dried seeds feed Goldfinches in the fall. From the Jelitto Seed Company. 1998 Perennial Plant of the Year.

H: 36 Inches  ·   S: 24 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea 'Mellow Yellows'

Yellow Coneflowers in a range of color intensities top green foliage in mid summer. A seedling selection which blooms reliably at a young age.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea purpurea 'Pica Bella'

Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow White'

'Pow WowWhite' Coneflower is a compact, heavily flowering selection with flat white petals surrounding the round orange cones. Since the 'PowWow' series does not require vernalization, 'PowWow White' and 'PowWow Wildberry' start blooming early in summer and keep going well into August. The compact habit and sturdy stems makes this Coneflower an excellent choice for the front of perennial beds and rock gardens. Insects and song birds use Echinacea significantly as a food source.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow Wildberry'

'PowWow Wildberry' Coneflower blooms for a very long period starting in June and continuing into August. The vivid rose pink flowers have flat petals surrounding the orange cone and are held up on thick sturdy stems. The 'PowWow' series of Echinaceas are from seed, but their compact habit and clear colors are consistent, unlike many seed strains. Introduced by PanAm seeds, and reliably hardy in sunny dry sites in the Northeast.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Echinacea purpurea 'Raspberry Truffle'

Echinacea purpurea 'Sweet Sandia' PPAF

Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'

'White Swan' Purple Coneflower has large white flowers for an extended time in summer. Deadheading after the first flowering will help it rebloom, but if you leave them on, birds will enjoy the seeds in the fall.

H: 36 Inches  ·   S: 24 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinacea simulata

North American native perennial known for thriving in shallow, rocky soils. Pale pink flowers with coppery-orange centers appear from June to July and often rebloom sporadically into August. Popular with pollinators as well as songbirds. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant.

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 5

Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'

'Rocky Top' Tennessee Coneflower is a nursery-grown selection of the rare native which is on the Endangered Species list for wild plants. Echinacea 'Rocky Top' was selected from a seed grown population because of its greater vigor and larger pink coneflowers. The blooms appear above the long narrow leaves in June and July. It grows best in sunny, well-drained sites. This rare Southeastern native is a good source of food for both Goldfinches (seed) and butterflies (nectar).

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 20 Inches  ·   Zone: 4

Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow'

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Edgeworthia chrysantha

Paper Bush has amazingly fragrant clumps of little yellow tubular flowers (it's in the Daphne family!) on the tips of branches from January to March. Long tropical-looking deciduous green leaves, must be in a very protected site but the winter fragrance of Edgeworthia chrysantha flowers on a warm day makes it worth it.

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 6

Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'

The beautiful violet flowers of 'Lilafee' Barrenwort are large in size, over neat, delicate foliage in April. Epimediums thrive in dry shade and 'Lilafee' is semi-evergreen. An interesting fact about Epimediums is that they are in the Barberry family (hence deer resistant).

H: 10 Inches  ·   S: 18 Inches  ·   Zone: 3