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PowWow® Wild Berry Coneflower Echinacea purpurea PowWow® Wild Berry 'PAS702917'

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eh-ki-NAY-see-ah pur-PUR-ee-uh
Description

PowWow® Wild Berry Coneflower is a compact, herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae (daisy) family. This cultivar grows 1 to 2 feet tall with showy rosy pink flowers that appear mid-summer and persist well into fall without the need to dead-head. 

This plant prefers well-drained, moist loam but is adaptable to various soil types. It is drought tolerant once established and can grow in full sun to partial shade. It is easily propagated by seed and will reseed itself in the garden.

Several pollinators are attracted to the flower, especially butterflies. Leave some of the flower heads on to produce seeds for the birds. This is a popular and long-blooming plant that works well mass planted in a border, in a pollinator, cottage, or rock garden, and even in containers. The flowers can be enjoyed snipped from in a cutting garden fresh or dried and used in arrangments.  

Insects, Diseases, or Other Plant Problems:

Japanese beetles and leaf spot are occasional problems. It is susceptible to aster yellows disease. Excellent resistance to phytophthora. See Phytophthora Root and Crown Rot in the Landscape.

 

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#showy flowers#rain garden#heat tolerant#drought tolerant#fall flowers#purple flowers#pink flowers#tough plant#low maintenance#cottage garden#rabbit resistant#mass planting#flower arrangements#fast growing#summer flowers#deer resistant#children's garden#long bloom time#rock garden#border planting#self-seeding#cutting garden#pollinator plant#clumping#dried arrangements#poor soils tolerant#compact habit#bird friendly#butterfly friendly#container plant
  • Attributes:
    Genus:
    Echinacea
    Species:
    purpurea
    Family:
    Asteraceae
    Life Cycle:
    Perennial
    Fire Risk Rating:
    medium flammability
    Wildlife Value:
    Its flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Songbirds, especially American goldfinches, eat the seeds. Slightly deer resistant.
    Play Value:
    Attractive Flowers
    Attracts Pollinators
    Easy to Grow
    Wildlife Food Source
    Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
    Resistant to phytophthora. Deer
    Dimensions:
    Height: 1 ft. 4 in. - 1 ft. 8 in.
    Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 2 in.
  • Whole Plant Traits:
    Plant Type:
    Herbaceous Perennial
    Perennial
    Habit/Form:
    Clumping
    Dense
    Erect
    Growth Rate:
    Rapid
    Maintenance:
    Low
    Texture:
    Coarse
  • Cultural Conditions:
    Light:
    Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
    Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
    Soil Texture:
    Clay
    High Organic Matter
    Loam (Silt)
    Sand
    Shallow Rocky
    Soil pH:
    Neutral (6.0-8.0)
    Soil Drainage:
    Good Drainage
    Moist
    Occasionally Dry
    Available Space To Plant:
    12 inches-3 feet
    NC Region:
    Coastal
    Mountains
    Piedmont
    USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
    3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
  • Fruit:
    Fruit Color:
    Black
    Display/Harvest Time:
    Fall
    Summer
    Fruit Type:
    Achene
    Fruit Length:
    < 1 inch
    Fruit Width:
    < 1 inch
    Fruit Description:
    Seeds produced in the center cone are small, dark, 4 sided achenes that are attractive to birds.
  • Flowers:
    Flower Color:
    Pink
    Purple/Lavender
    Flower Inflorescence:
    Head
    Flower Value To Gardener:
    Good Cut
    Good Dried
    Long Bloom Season
    Showy
    Flower Bloom Time:
    Fall
    Summer
    Flower Shape:
    Radial
    Flower Petals:
    7 - 20 petals/rays
    Flower Size:
    3-6 inches
    Flower Description:
    Showy purple pink flowers appear from summer through mid-fall. Reblooms without deadheading throughout the season.
  • Leaves:
    Leaf Color:
    Green
    Leaf Feel:
    Rough
    Leaf Type:
    Simple
    Leaf Arrangement:
    Alternate
    Leaf Shape:
    Cuneate
    Elliptical
    Lanceolate
    Ovate
    Leaf Margin:
    Dentate
    Entire
    Serrate
    Hairs Present:
    Yes
    Leaf Length:
    3-6 inches
    Leaf Width:
    1-3 inches
    Leaf Description:
    3-6 inch long alternate, simple, dark green, scabrous leaves. The lower leaves are winged petiolate (with stems) and are ovate to broadly lanceolate, tip narrowly acute, broad cuneate base, and margins denticulate to coarsely toothed. The upper cauline (stem) leaves are reduced in size, narrower with a short petiolate to sessile (no stem) and nearly entire margins.
  • Stem:
    Stem Color:
    Green
    Purple/Lavender
    Stem Is Aromatic:
    No
    Stem Surface:
    Hairy (pubescent)
    Stem Description:
    The light green stems have small purple streaks and scattered white hairs.
  • Landscape:
    Landscape Location:
    Container
    Patio
    Small Space
    Landscape Theme:
    Butterfly Garden
    Children's Garden
    Cottage Garden
    Cutting Garden
    Drought Tolerant Garden
    Pollinator Garden
    Rain Garden
    Rock Garden
    Design Feature:
    Border
    Mass Planting
    Small groups
    Attracts:
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Pollinators
    Songbirds
    Resistance To Challenges:
    Deer
    Drought
    Dry Soil
    Heat
    Humidity
    Poor Soil
    Rabbits
    Salt