Growing ConeflowersRudbeckia & Echinacea Coneflower PlantsGrowing perennial Rudbeckia and Echinacea plants. Purple, green and prairie coneflowers will fill your garden beds with late season color. Buy plants and seeds here.
A single variety growing in a large drift is as visually pleasing as a coneflower garden of several types growing side-by-side. You can even plant the more compact varieties in large containers. As an added bonus, they are nearly deer proof plants. The highlighted headlines below link to pages of more in-depth growing information about each of these garden delights. Black Eyed Susan Flowers
Inexpensive Rudbeckia Goldsturm) Plants The annual and perennial Rudbeckia varieties described on this page are also commonly called coneflowers. As beautiful and easy to grow as their Echinacea counterparts, they bloom in shades of gold and rust. Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm has been popular with gardeners for decades. If you've ever seen a large drift of them casting their golden glow over the fall landscape, you will understand why. Echinacea Plant
Buy Inexpensive Echinacea purpurea Plants Here The Echinacea purpurea plant, which is the variety most often used in herbal remedies, is commonly known as the purple coneflower. It is 1 of the tallest varieties and a large drift is beautiful at the back of the late summer border. This versatile plant is suitable for ornamental and cut flower gardens as well as the herb garden. Find out what the herb Echinacea is used for here. Learn about growing Echinacea purpurea here. Double Coneflowers
Great Price on 'Double Decker' Coneflower Most of the double coneflowers listed here feature pompon tops. Double Decker coneflower features the most unusual bloom of all; it looks like a smaller coneflower has landed on its cone. There is also a semi-double coneflower listed here, Fancy Frills. It resembles a pink sunflower. All are cultivars of the Echinacea purpurea plant. Ruby Star and Other "Red" Coneflowers
Echinacea Rubinstern is the Ruby Star purple coneflower. This and other varieties are marketed as having red flowers but they are actually deep pink with varying degrees of red in the petals. The closest to a true red is Tomato Soup whose 5 inch flowers arrive in late summer masses and last for nearly 2 weeks in the vase. You should know that not every bloom this plant produces will be as large as those shown in the photo. Nor is the color that reliably uniform. The petals will vary from deep orange to red and in certain climates can take on a pink tinge. Nevertheless, this color breakthrough in Echinaceas performs well in zones 4-9. Green Coneflower Varieties
Buy Coneflower 'Green Envy' Here This page is about the perennial green coneflower, 'Green Wizard' Rudbeckia occidentalis Nutt which is also called black and western coneflower. 'Green Jewel' and 'Green Envy' are other green Echinacea varieties. All of these marvelous plants bloom from mid summer through fall. Orange Coneflower Varieties
Orange coneflower varieties include: One of the prettiest of the orange coneflower varieties is 'Hot Lava' Echinacea Twilight
Echinacea Twilight brings an unusual color to the coneflower garden. The deep rose pink petals are deeply reflexed behind a central cone which is burgundy tinted. The fragrant flowers appear in mid summer on strong, bushy plants. They will continue for months if deadheaded. Coneflower Twilight blooms pink in full sun, red if the plants are sited in part shade. Echinacea paradoxaEchinacea paradoxa is a yellow variety of the purple coneflower plant. It is commonly called Ozark coneflower as it native to the Ozark region of Arkansas and Missouri.Buy Coneflower Plants Here
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