Friday, July 30th, 2010

Echinacea (coneflower)

January 19, 2010 by Doug  
Filed under featured, perennials, plants, profiles

Echinacea purpurea or Purple Coneflower is one of the best flowers for late summer and early fall. A member of the compositae family; which is a fancy way of saying it is daisy. Long-lasting in my garden, they bloom right through July and August, particularly if you deadhead them and don’t allow them to set [...]