Grow guide
How to grow Echinacea Purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
- Type
- Echinacea
- Zones
- USDA zones 3–9
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 90–150 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 0.44 per sq ft
- Habit
- Upright
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 8 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Deadhead As needed
- Mulch Annual
Notes
The straight species Echinacea purpurea is longer-lived than most hybrids (10–20 years in well-drained soil) and reliably self-seeds, making it the backbone of a perennial pollinator planting.
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