Echinacea purpurea PRAIRIE SPLENDOR™ Rose Compact
Common Name: Purple Coneflower
The seed strain PRAIRIE SPLENDOR™ has been popular due to its earlier bloom time and extended blooming performance. Now it comes in a smaller size, reducing the need for PGR applications. With no vernalization required, you'll have easy success with this first-year flowering variety. Rose pink flowers. From Syngenta.
Praised for their large, daisy-like flowers which appear from midsummer thru fall, after many other perennials have finished blooming, Coneflowers are a mainstay in today's garden. If deadheaded, the bloom cycle will be extended. However, some spent blooms should be left on the plants in fall because their seeds provide winter food for finches and other birds. The dried seed heads also provide architectural interest in the winter.
