Large pink purple flower attract butterflies and beneficials. Blooms late spring through fall my zone US 6.
by Abutilon Jul 26, 2002 10:39 AM
Photo taken July 5th, 2002.
by hczone6 Sep 28, 2002 5:46 AM
Echinacea purpurea Seed heads. Photo is a bit blurred but you can see the blond seeds attatched to the central cone
by poppysue Nov 7, 2000 12:00 PM
Echinacea purpurea Seed
by poppysue Nov 7, 2000 12:00 PM
Seeds with a penny for size reference.
by SMSpear1 Dec 5, 2000 12:00 PM
Purple Coneflowers in bloom
by Rozilynn Jun 16, 2001 12:00 PM
May 2002. Maybe 2 weeks out from blooming.
by hczone6 May 25, 2002 9:14 AM
Butterfly magnets!
by Crimson Sep 1, 2002 1:57 AM
Great plant. I love the looks but can't seem to get it to grow by seed. Butterflies love it. Florida.
by easter0794 Jan 4, 2003 4:00 PM
by Dinu Apr 3, 2003 2:02 AM
great plant, have had these going on 5 years. Beautiful purple flowers all summer long. attacts all butterflies and bees.
by greygirl Jun 21, 2003 7:49 AM
LOVE THIS PLANT! Every year it keeps getting better and better. Butterflys love it. So do the bees.
by mingsmimi Jul 19, 2003 9:42 PM
This plant has a hearty stem with tiny hairs over them. The center of the flower is a bright gold to orange spiky texture and the petals are pink/purple. The root of this plant has been used as an herb to increase the functionality of the human immune system
by starshine Aug 1, 2003 3:25 PM
One Month Old Seedlings
by Kaufmann Oct 17, 2003 10:59 PM
Here's the seed head of our Purple Coneflower after a snowstorm in March 2004. I named this pcture "Purple Snow Cones".
by Iowaron Apr 3, 2004 6:29 PM
Blooms starting to form in the top of each plant.
by melody May 5, 2004 10:53 PM
The petals grow outward from the bloom's edge.
by melody May 30, 2004 9:07 AM
coneflower petals get color after they start to form
by melody Jun 4, 2004 8:51 AM
100+ weather and it just keeps blooming.
by Jun 9, 2004 9:12 AM
Started from one plant a year ago...
by CaptMicha Jul 16, 2004 7:58 AM
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
by Ninepatch Jul 28, 2004 7:50 AM
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
by Ninepatch Jul 29, 2004 8:33 AM
love em!
by daryl Aug 17, 2004 7:50 AM
Cone flowers with asters in my wildflower garden.
by frostweed Oct 22, 2004 12:40 PM
A very strange mutation of purple cone flower. All the flowers on this plant were green.
by frostweed Nov 16, 2004 12:34 PM
Purple coneflower up close
by normal1234 Dec 14, 2004 10:58 AM
Close-up of new foliage emerging. Late Feburary, West KY.
by melody Mar 2, 2005 2:54 PM
Cone flowers with Queen Anne's lace in my wildflower garden.
by frostweed May 28, 2005 11:37 PM
Very pleased with these, I planted last year to bloom this year and now established!
by deborahsongs Jun 23, 2005 11:25 PM
Echinacea purpurea, seedlings sprouted in June in Texas, in 95 degree temperatures.
by frostweed Jun 24, 2005 11:22 PM
Echinacea sprouts starting out
by jadewolf Jun 27, 2005 11:30 PM
Tiny tiny seedling with first set or true leaf. Note first leaves are rounded and first true leaf is characteristicly (even small) echinacea. Dark green etc.
by PurplePansies Jul 6, 2005 10:28 PM
One of the first blossoms of the summer
by PurplePansies Jul 8, 2005 11:25 PM
I love the varying colors etc. at coneflowers different stages of bloom. Here a new bloomed popped out with vary pale lavender petals and a very bright green cone. I don't think pic shows green best.
by Purple_Pansies Jul 11, 2005 11:16 PM
Echinacea purpurea
by Equilibrium Aug 14, 2005 10:58 PM
Echinacea purpurea
by Equilibrium Aug 14, 2005 10:58 PM
Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea)
by Equilibrium Aug 21, 2005 4:51 PM
Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea)
by Equilibrium Aug 21, 2005 4:51 PM
An Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) dried seedhead ...
by htop Sep 26, 2005 12:14 PM
The small moth is casting a big shadow on the Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) flower.
by htop Jun 30, 2006 7:29 PM
by daryl Jul 17, 2006 11:36 PM
Started from seed in February. Transplanted in April. Perennials are such slow growers. (sigh)
by pford1854 May 27, 2007 3:22 AM
08/01/06 This shows that Monarchs, bumblebees, & other pollinators love coneflowers.
by soulflier Jun 14, 2007 3:34 AM
08/01/06 Monarch approaching his meal. Since this plant was newly planted, I didn't deadhead so I could encourage seeds for my birds.
by soulflier Jun 17, 2007 3:31 AM
Beautiful big blooms. Great as a "Pass along Plant".
by pearl Jun 17, 2007 3:32 AM
Blooming along with the Agapanthus in the Front Garden.
by pearl Jun 17, 2007 3:31 AM
Coneflower and monarch in mpls
by Rotegard Aug 14, 2007 12:50 AM
Echinacea at night
by creekwalker Oct 28, 2007 12:58 AM
Growing at a Golf Course in Prescott Valley, Arizona. 5300 ft elevation, July 23rd, Late Summer.
by Xenomorf Dec 25, 2007 2:24 PM
Growing at a Golf Course in Prescott Valley, Arizona. 5300 ft elevation, July 23rd, Late Summer.
by Xenomorf Dec 25, 2007 2:25 PM
Growing at a Golf Course in Prescott Valley, Arizona. 5300 ft elevation, July 23rd, Late Summer.
by Xenomorf Dec 25, 2007 2:25 PM
Purple Coneflower flowering in my friend's garden in july..
by saya Jan 31, 2008 12:58 PM
Purple Coneflower growing last fall outside the Como Conservatory in St. Paul, MN
by TheLoveofFlowers Mar 9, 2008 12:41 AM
Purple Coneflower patch in someone's garden in St. Paul, MN
by TheLoveofFlowers Mar 9, 2008 12:41 AM
Seeds of Echinacea pupurea
by RosemaryA Mar 27, 2008 9:10 PM
Blooming June 2008 in full sun in East Texas
by MiniPonyFarmer Jun 23, 2008 11:45 AM
Blooming in East Texas in full sun, June 2008
by MiniPonyFarmer Jun 23, 2008 11:45 AM
Newly opened Echinacea purpurea blossom. Rays become more intensely pink as they age.
by RosemaryA Aug 3, 2008 10:26 PM
Growing wild in East Tennessee.
by nausved Aug 18, 2008 2:20 AM
Growing wild in East Tennessee.
by nausved Aug 18, 2008 2:20 AM
Roanoke VA
by gtr1017 Mar 5, 2009 3:24 PM
Echinacea purpurea: new growth in spring.
by RosemaryA Apr 28, 2009 11:39 PM
Western McLennan Co., TX, June 2007
by arroyophyte May 16, 2009 3:38 AM
Monarch butterfly on cone flower
by janebritt Jun 25, 2009 8:48 PM
I love coneflowers in the garden.
by DayBloomer Jul 4, 2009 2:08 AM
Purple coneflower in Manchester New Hampshire
by poetrygirl Jul 23, 2009 10:13 PM
by wsf Sep 23, 2009 6:21 PM
Echinacea purpurea flowers at various stages of development.
by RosemaryA Oct 12, 2009 8:55 PM
One of my favorite flowers
by plantladylin Oct 13, 2009 2:26 AM
with sharp looking fly
by tardis Jul 18, 2010 7:13 PM
Taken at near sunset, early July, my garden
by DMgardener Oct 30, 2010 11:50 AM
Central florida zone 9b June 2008
by sunkissed Feb 4, 2011 6:18 AM
Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
by DaylilySLP Mar 3, 2011 3:48 PM
Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
by DaylilySLP Mar 3, 2011 3:48 PM
Very bright pink...this one is actually darker than other seed varieties.
by chavelonni May 29, 2011 7:51 PM
Color is actually darker...picture doesn't do it justice.
by chavelonni May 29, 2011 7:53 PM
7-2011 *Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
by DaylilySLP Apr 26, 2012 1:34 PM
7-2011 *Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
by DaylilySLP Apr 26, 2012 1:34 PM
7-2011 *Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
by DaylilySLP Apr 26, 2012 1:35 PM
Coneflower providing nectar with a backdrop of Limemound Spirea, courtesy of Nita DeJong
by rockstargardene May 1, 2012 3:57 PM
Winter interest. After a sleet and ice storm in Nebraska.
by Centaurea Jul 4, 2013 6:48 PM
July, 2013--Barsons Greenhouse, Westland, MI (Brendas Butterfly House)
by DaylilySLP Jul 27, 2013 1:56 PM
July, 2013--Barsons Greenhouse, Westland, MI (Brendas Butterfly House)
by DaylilySLP Jul 27, 2013 1:57 PM
July, 2013--Barsons Greenhouse, Westland, MI (Brendas Butterfly House)
by DaylilySLP Jul 27, 2013 1:58 PM
A patch I planted in se PA blooming in early July 2012
by Rickwebb Feb 7, 2014 6:08 AM
A group in se PA blooming in July 2010
by Rickwebb Feb 7, 2014 6:07 AM
In Thea's Waihi garden, NZ
by RosinaBloom Feb 9, 2015 7:00 AM
Wild variant blooming in my garden in July 2014.
by Ithiel May 12, 2015 10:34 PM
Spontaneous white seedling
by Aphthona Feb 11, 2016 6:02 PM
Spontaneous white seedling
by Aphthona Feb 11, 2016 6:02 PM
Royal Botanical Gardens. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com
by Kell Aug 11, 2017 6:37 PM
Echinacea purpurea opening flower
by Aphthona Mar 14, 2021 7:42 PM
Echinacea purpurea spent flower
by Aphthona Mar 14, 2021 7:42 PM
