Monday, February 15, 2016

Great Design Plant: Echinacea Pallida (6 photos)

Distinguishing traits. Pale purple coneflower has a graceful, delicate form, large cones and dangling petals, called ray florets, which flutter in the wind. Though this species is not as vibrantly colored as purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), its soft hue complements the bright green new growth of spring grasses.

How to use it. Mass many plants together in an opening in the middle or back of an established perennial garden, or use it in an informal prairie planting.

Combine this native perennial with beardtongue (Penstemon spp.), prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa), anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) and stiff goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigidum), and with prairie grasses, such as little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) or prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis).

Do not plant this tall, lanky plant right next to a walkway or another area where foot traffic occurs, to prevent the flower stalks from having an opportunity to flop over.


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