About
Echinacea purpurea Chunky Purple ('Noecone'PBR) is a named cultivar of Echinacea in the family Asteraceae, grown for its long season of summer-to-autumn blooms. It typically produces the genus’s characteristic cone-shaped flower heads, most often purple. Flowering runs from July to October. The heads remain architectural as the florets fade, offering season-long presence in a border.
About the genus
Echinacea is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. It has ten species, which are commonly called coneflowers. They are native only in eastern and central North America, where they grow in wet to dry prairies and open wooded areas.
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In the garden
Echinacea purpurea Chunky Purple ('Noecone'PBR) is a cultivated selection of the eastern purple coneflower, a member of the Asteraceae originating from parts of eastern North America. Like its species, it forms the familiar daisy-type heads with a central cone and is most often seen flowering in purple from July to October; pollinators such as bees and butterflies visit the flowers while they are open. Give this coneflower a sunny, open position with free-draining soil — its wild habitats include dry open woods, prairies and barrens, so it tolerates drier conditions better than waterlogged ground. Plant in groups within mixed borders, prairie-style drifts or pollinator plots where the columnar flower cones can be appreciated from mid- to back-border positions. Allow enough space for upright stems to show; mature specimens reach into the taller strata of a planting. Maintenance is straightforward: a position that receives plenty of light and avoids persistent winter wet will keep plants vigorous, and leaving spent cones into autumn preserves both structure and late-season forage for insects. Those cone-shaped seedheads hold their form once the petals drop, providing both visual interest and ecological value as the season slows.
More in the Echinacea genus
- Echinacea 'Bright Star'Coneflower
- Echinacea 'White Swan'Coneflower
- Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'Pale Purple Coneflower
- Echinacea purp. 'Green Jewel'
- Echinacea purp. 'Magnus Superior'Coneflower
- Echinacea purp. 'Magnus'Coneflower
- Echinacea purp. 'Primadonna Deep Pink'Coneflower
- Echinacea purpurea dark-stemmedPurple Coneflower
