Echinacea (Purple Coneflower; Coneflower)
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  • Large, daisy-like flowers with large center "cones"
  • ​Echinaceas like it sunny and HOT!
  • Dead-heading promotes reblooming
  • ​Pollinator plants

pallida
  • Long, drooping petals
  • Drought and heat tolerant
  • Poor soil tolerant
  • Mass as a naturalized planting
  • Bloom time: summer
  • 36” H x 18” W
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Pixie Meadowbrite PP 18546
  • Upward-facing flowers
  • Horizontal petals and large cones
  • Combines beautifully with Asclepias tuberosa and any of the blue Nepetas
  • Very floriferous, compact plants
  • Bloom time: mid to late summer
  • 18” H x 24” W
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'PowWow White'
  • Sturdy, well-branched habit
  • Very floriferous​
  • PP 24771 
  • Bloom time: summer
  • 20" H x 16" W​​
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'Pica Bella'
  • Extremely floriferous
  • Very long bloom time
  • Distinctive pointy petals and large bright orange cone
  • Compact plant
  • Bloom time: mid to late summer
  • 22” H x 18” W
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​purpurea 'PowWow Wild Berry' PPAF
  • Sturdy, well-branched habit
  • Very floriferous
  • Large flowers in deep, non-fading rose-purple 
  • Bloom time: early summer to early fall
  • 16-20” H x 12” W​
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​purpurea 'Ruby Star'
  • Hardy, tough classic!  
  • Non-drooping petals
  • Great substitute for the old ‘Magnus’ variety
  • Bloom time: summer
  • 36” H x 24” W
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Sombrero Hot Coral
  • Bright, rich orange and coral tones
  • Extra-hardy, superior branching plants
  • Bloom time: early to late summer
  • 24” H x 18” W
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Sombrero Lemon Yellow
  • Great hardiness, branching, and floriferousness
  • Beautiful strong yellow
  • Bloom time: early to late summer
  • 24” H x 18” W
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Sombrero Salsa Red
  • RED, RED, RED!
  • Same great hardiness and branching as the rest of the Sombrero series.
  • Bloom time: early to late summer
  • 24” H x 18” W
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