Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow Wild Berry'

Coneflower

Echinacea 'PowWow Wild Berry’ is a coneflower that features large, deep magenta flowers in an upright clump on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. Each flower features downward-arching, overlapping, deep magenta-pink rays which encircle a large orange-brown center cone. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds.

Additional:

A nectar source for the following butterflies--American Lady, Banded Hairstreak, Black Swallowtail, Clouded Sulphur, Common Checkered Skipper, Common Wood-nymph, Eastern Tailed Blue, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Fiery Skipper, Giant Swallowtail, Gray Hairstreak, Great Spangled Fritillary, Gulf Fritillary, Hayhurst’s Scallopwing, Horace’s Duskywing, Little Glassywing, Monarch, Orange Sulphur, Painted Lady, Pearl Crescent, Peck’s Skipper, Red Admiral, Red-Banded Hairstreak, Red-Spotted Admiral, Sachem, Silvery Checkerspot, Silver-Spotted Skipper, Spicebush Swallowtail, Swallowtail, Tawny-edge Skipper, Variegated Fritillary, Viceroy, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Zabulon

Coneflower Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Easily grown in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun. Best in full sun. A very adaptable plant that is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity and poor soil. Divide clumps when they become overcrowded. Plants rebloom well without deadheading, however prompt removal of spent flowers encourages continued bloom and improves general appearance. The last blooms of the season can be left to seed for small birds in the winter.