Echinacea - (Cornflower) Flowering plants that give you a lasting and colourful display in your garden. The daisy like flowers are appealing to insects and butterflies, give out different warm colours and also make good cut flowers

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Photos of Echinacea

Echinacea Purpurea
Echinacea Purpurea - Cornflower

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Echinacea - Tomato Soup
Echinacea Flower - Cornflower - Variety - Tomato Soup

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3312790/How-to-grow-echinacea.html

Echinacea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Echinacea purpurea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Plant Type - Perennial

Soil - Prefers loamy or sandy, well-drained soils.

Flowering Period

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Planting time - Late winter to early spring

Height and spread - 90-120cm tall and 50cm wide

Light - Full sun to partial shade

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Grow from seed -

Notes

Benefit from mulching in Spring or Autumn with well rotted manure

Make sure it does not dry out, does not like drought conditions

Regular deadheading and picking of flowers encourages more flowers to grow

Good for cut flowers and flower arranging

Attractive to wildlife - Bees, butterflies, birds like seed heads

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