Pale Purple Coneflower is a native perennial that has an upright habit with coarse, hairy dark green foliage. Rigid stems sporting fragrant pale purple coneflowers with thin drooping petals and an orange cone blooms throughout summer. Grows best in dry to average soils. Tolerant of poor or clay soils, and tolerates heat and humidity.
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Type:
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Perennial
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Origins:
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Eastern N. America; GA Native
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Height:
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2' - 3’
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Spread:
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1' - 2’
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Spacing:
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1.5’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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3 - 10
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Purple
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Season of Interest:
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Summer
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Susceptible to aster yellows disease and eriophyid mites. Heat and drought tolerant.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, Native Gardens, Medicine Garden, Kitchen Garden, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Bee Balm, Liatris, Baby’s Breath
IMAGES: wackybadger, Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) - 5959613203, CC BY-SA 2.0, (2) Acabashi, Echinacea pallida and Digitalis ferruginea Capel Manor College Gardens Enfield London England 01, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) SEWilco, Echinacea pallida butterfly MN 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0
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