Echinacea
How to Propagate
and Grow Successfully

Echinacea originate from the USA and are a genus of perennial flowering gardening plants.

Leaves are lance to linear shape or ovate and finely toothed.

Flowers are daisy like, many forms are reflexed.

Flower colours can be white, pink, purple or mauve.

Their disc florets are dark brown, light brown or golden brown.

Essential info

Genus: Echinacea

Family: Asteraceae/Compositae

Species: Purpurea

Common Names: Coneflower.

Classification: Perennial.

Height: 1.5m (60inches).

Flowering: From summer to end of autumn.

Where to plant info

Echinacea are one of those must have gardening plants. Most gardeners grow them for their showy flowers and rightly so.

Where: Ideal in general borders.

They make an ideal cut flower.

Site: They prefer full sun, they thrive in it!

They will also do well in partial shade.

Soil: Humus rich and free draining.

Propagation info By seed in spring.

Best germination temperature: 70 deg F.

Time from sowing to germination: 6 - 8 weeks.

How to sow seeds….. read more

Or propagate by division in early spring or autumn.

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