echinacea potted plants Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) – Northeast Pollinator Plants

echinacea potted plants Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) – Northeast Pollinator PlantsWe ship only to the New England and New York states. If you live near Fairfax, VT, consider buying at our farm, River Berry Farm. Shipping will be in the order received. Please check the Home Page for updated expected ship date. Free shipping for 15 or more plants. Plants are delivered in a biodegradable wood fiber pot, 2. 75" diameter by 3. 5" deep. Please email if you prefer to order pay by check than on line, see Contact Us below. Common Name:

• We ship only to the New England and New York states. If you live near Fairfax, VT, consider buying at our farm, River Berry Farm.

• Shipping will be in the order received.  Please check the Home Page for updated expected ship date.  Free shipping for 15 or more plants.

• Plants are delivered in a biodegradable wood fiber pot, 2.75" diameter by 3.5" deep.  

• Please email if you prefer to order/pay by check than on-line, see Contact Us below.

Common Name:  Purple Coneflower

Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Birds

Use:  Garden, Monarch Garden

Light:  Full Sun to Part Sun

Hardiness Zone:  3 to 8  USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Dry to Moist

Flower Time:  Mid-June to Mid-August

Flower Color:  Pink Purple

Height:  2 '- 5'

Notes:  Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) is well-known and loved, with a long-blooming season, a bit short-lived, but so nice, worth replanting every so many years.  Noted as deer-resistant by UVM.

Host plant of VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Bombus pensylvanicus (American Bumble bee)

Introduced and naturalized in VT, NY MA, CT, native to much of the Mid-West:   Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).

Seed Source:  Midwest.