Description
Homegrown and cared for by our TCMGA Demonstration Garden Greenhouse Master Gardener volunteers.
Picture and description may vary from plants purchased. Some plants donated from Master Gardeners may have unknown variety and/or color of plant.
Texas SmartScape Plant/Texas Adapted Plant
Common Name: Purple Coneflower
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Bloom Time: June to August
Bloom Description: Purple rays with orange-brown center cone on sturdy stem
Sun: Full sun to Part shade
Water: Low to Medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Showy, downward-arching, overlapping, deep rose-purple petals
Foliage: Medium green oval leaves
Attracts: Birds, Butterflies
Tolerate: Deer resistant, Drought, Poor Soil