Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'

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.

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.