The wilder varieties, unfortunately, have a long tap root that makes it harder for them to thrive in a regular garden settling. The most popular and most easily grown variety is Echinacea purpurea. Native to North America with a family of about 10 species, Echinacea originates from open wooded areas and dry plains. Photograph courtesy of Thomas Lynch Design. See more of this garden in our 2017 Considered Design Awards. Above: In a Maine seaside garden by Thomas Lynch Design, native Echinacea pallida is planted among S chizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’. Please keep reading to learn more about this versatile flower. Echinacea really is a quintessential prairie flower so I am not too far off, but you should also know that the quaint image doesn’t stop on the homestead coneflowers incorporate quite well into more contained, urban gardens. When I think of coneflowers I imagine a country hill scattered with flowers, and then I see Laura Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie running between the pretty stalks and brushing through dusty colored grasses. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons.Ĭoneflower, Echinacea: “Prairie Home Companion”
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