Growing coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) is the easiest way to make your summer gardens pop. Give them six hours of sunlight coupled with well-draining soils, and they'll graciously bloom their heads off, ...

Louisiana gardeners have been growing the coneflower, or Echinacea purpurea, for years. It’s a tough, resilient plant that’s extremely attractive to butterflies, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill ...

The instant I saw the coneflower, I thought it was one in a million, with its giant 5-inch-plus golden blooms that at first reminded me of a gloriosa daisy. I am talking about the new Color Coded “One ...

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While it's snowy outside, I imagine the summer garden. And what would a summer garden be without coneflowers? As charming as they are tough, these North American natives provide nectar and pollen to ...

Coneflowers (Echinacea) are promiscuous. With many different kinds and colors planted in close proximity, no telling who parented the next season’s colorful offspring. Nevertheless, when I acquired ...

The Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a native perennial often found at the top of the beginning gardener’s lists. Personally, I think it belongs at the top of all gardener’s lists. Unlike ...

WASHINGTON - It's easy to see why coneflowers have become such a mainstay of the early summer garden and are among the perennials that forward-thinking gardeners are buying now. As tall purple daisies ...

Coneflowers are stunning and popular perennial plants that always impress with their bright daisy-like flowers, featuring a large central cone surrounded by dazzling petals. While more familiar in ...