coneflowers

Last year I ripped out several dozen echinacea plants (also called coneflowers) and tall phlox that had multiplied on their own by spreading seeds from a few plants I bought years ago.

10 Lessons, Learned the Hard Way Bart Ziegler 2010

In 2009, Echinacea or "coneflowers" are available in a wide-ranging color palette in addition to sizes and styles.

A SUNNY CONEFLOWER BORDER Pooky 2009

Drought-tolerant plants such as coneflowers, daylilies, false indigos, sedums and grasses work best further afield, while heavy drinkers such as hostas, astilbes and hydrangeas are better situated near spigots and in protected corners away from fleet-footed deer.

HeraldTimesOnline.com 2010

Mother's summer garden: Asiatic lilies, red as a South American carnival, coneflowers about to unfold

Experimental Fiction 2010

We often get questions about which coneflowers are the hardiest (natives, natch), but with so many fantastic, showy cultivars available now, it would be great to know which ones are true soldiers.

Check out the coneflower experimental garden at Missouri Botanical Garden « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010

Examples that will do well in the Washington area are black-eyed Susans, purple coneflowers, butterfly weeds, goldenrods, coreopsis, wild and sulphur cosmos, gaillardias and cleome.

Green Scene: Decide now where to start as you plan your garden - seed or plant? Joel M. Lerner 2011

Soon the columbine will appear, followed by achillea, wild grasses, coreopsis, daisies, several colors of coneflowers and asters.

Remember the power of flowers in your garden 2011

Among his favorite flowers at the farm are biennials and perennials: Black-eyed Susans and coneflowers rank high in his floral arrangements.

Remember the power of flowers in your garden 2011

Last fall I ripped out several dozen of the common pink-purple coneflowers called Echinacea purpurea from my full-sun beds.

My Not-So-Exotic Garden 2010

To further confuse things, some plants such as the coneflowers called Rudbeckia come in varieties that act like annuals in most places, dying in winter, and other varieties that come back each year, even in the coldest North.

Turned Off By Gardening? It's a Conspiracy 2010