Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly on Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea in a butterfly garden

Purple Coneflower Plants (Echinacea purpurea)

Name: Purple Coneflower Plants (Echinacea purpurea)
SKU: purpleconeflowerplant
Price: 9.25 USD
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$9.25

Plant Name: Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)

Quick Info: 3.5 inch pot. Highly attractive to many different kinds of butterflies. Herbaceous, native, perennial, robust, low-maintenance, pretty and popular

63 in stock

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Native in: al, ar, co, ct, fl, ga, il, in, ia, ks, ky, la, md, mi, ms, mo, nj, ny, nc, oh, ok, pa, sc, tn, tx, va, wv, wi,

SKU: purpleconeflowerplant Category: Butterfly Nectar Plants Tags: clumping, companions, Container Gardening, cool colors, easy blooms, Easy Nectar, Easy Perennials, Full Sun, Long blooming perennial, Monarch Nectar, Native, Partial Sun/Partial Shade, Perennial, Perennial Plant, Purple Blooms, Queen Nectar plant, Red Admiral, Summer-Fall Blooms, Swallowtail Food, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Quick Facts:

purple coneflower native range — Echinacea purpurea Native Plant Range
USDA, NRCS. 2016. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov)

Nectar plant to many butterflies

Herbaceous perennial

Native to central, eastern, and southern US

Hardy in USDA zones 3-9

Full to partial sun

Medium moisture, tolerates most conditions once established

Bright pink to purple flowers bloom mid-summer through fall

Up to 4 feet tall

Space plants 18-24 inches apart

Propagated by seed and division

Low maintenance

May be grown in deep containers

Purple Coneflower Plants for your Butterfly Garden

Echinacea purpurea is native to the US. All of our plants are grown pesticide-free so they are completely safe for butterflies. Purple coneflower is well known for being a butterfly magnet. It attracts many different species of nectaring butterflies.

We grow the native variety so the nectar production is not varied by hybridization and it is a mostly care-free plant. This plant spreads by spreading clumps and short rhizomes. It will provide you with new plants to share without being overly aggressive.