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Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' - Purple Coneflower
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Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' is a classic purple coneflower with very fragrant rose-pink ray petals surrounding a coppery-brown, spiky central cone forming flat horizontal flower heads. This coneflower's newer blooms are more intense in color and fade to pale rose as they age, lending a bicolor effect to the entire clump. 'Magnus' along with many other coneflower varieties is praised for its large, daisy-like flowers which appear from midsummer thru fall, after many other perennials have finished blooming. Native to much of the United States, purple coneflower is very prolific and very attractive to butterflies! Leave seed-bearing cones standing for birds in late fall and winter.

Additional:

1998 Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year

Coneflower Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Will flower for a bit longer if their spent heads are removed, but allowing the seed-filled cones to mature provides excellent food for goldfinches and other seed-eating birds.

Height:

30-36 Inches

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Spread:

12-24 Inches

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Hardiness Zone:

3 - 8

Characteristics & Attributes for Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

Exposure
• Sun
• Partial Shade
Soil Moisture Preference
• Dry
• Average
• Moist
Attracts Wildlife
• Butterflies
• Songbirds
Critter Resistance
• Deer Resistant
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Summer
• Fall
Height
• 16-24 Inches
Attributes
• Cut Flower
• Native
• Dried Flower
• Naturalizing
• Focal Point
• Border or Bed
• Drought Tolerant
• Fragrant
• Container
• Mass Planting
Foliage Color
• Green
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