Echinacea, also known as coneflowers, come in a variety of summery colored blooms and are also known to have health benefits. In the summer, these plants thrive with full sun and adequate water, but ...

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, ...

The National Garden Bureau has named 2014 the Year of Echinacea to celebrate our native coneflower. A worthy proponent of the title is last year’s All-America Selections ‘Cheyenne Spirit’, an ...

An All American Selection Award winner in 2013 that flowers in its first year. Its rainbow of colors is said to remind gardeners of the North American plains. Commonly known as coneflower, this annual ...

Herbaceous perennial coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) serve many purposes in the garden, filling the landscape with daisy-like blooms. Growing them is a great way to attract pollinators and birds; they ...

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 ...

Coming from the Greek word for hedgehog due to its spiny, unique center, Echinacea, or coneflower, has always been one of my favorite perennials. The plant's overabundance of summer-blooming flowers ...

Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a perennial, annual and edible to become the chosen plants of the year. This year, the bureau (www.ngb.org) has chosen echinacea, which is a great ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Nine species of ...

Purple coneflowers are a favorite among many gardeners. Known botanically as Echinacea purpurea, this North American native perennial produces colorful magenta blooms in late summer and is a butterfly ...