With its daisy-like petals and distinctive cone-shaped centers, the coneflower (Echinacea spp.) is the star of many a nature-forward yard, as well as the number one flower you should be adding to your ...

Before making your nursery trip, take stock of your goals. If you're looking to start a pollinator garden, planting to improve biodiversity, or itching to attract goldfinches, favor single-flower ...

Purple coneflower is a low-maintenance native plant that adds beauty to your garden and supports pollinators and birds.

Coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) are stunning plants that bring butterflies flocking to your yard, as well as hummingbirds, bees, and other beneficial critters. In fact, these native perennial wildflowers ...

There are many tough and lovely native wildflowers that belong in more gardens but are overlooked and underappreciated. Many of them may even be rare or listed endangered plants, even though they are ...

If you are looking for something a little bit different, the beautiful native plant, cutleaf coneflower, can make an attractive addition to your flower garden. This yellow daisy-like flower is as much ...

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, is a native perennial in most of the eastern United States, thriving in zones 3 through 9. The genus name, Echinacea, originates from the Greek word echinos, ...

In the quest to convert my sterile grass lawn into an ecologically sound landscape, I’ve learned that few plants are as effective, or as lovely, as purple coneflower. Simple, yet well-defined, ...

The National Garden Bureau has named 2014 the Year of Echinacea to celebrate our native coneflower. A worthy proponent of the title is last year’s All-America Selections ‘Cheyenne Spirit’, an ...

Like many, I spend time these virus-scary days looking for rays of sunshine. This week, one of my favorite native perennials, giant coneflower, is offering up positive notes in our home garden. I was ...

In addition to the native purple coneflower, a number of varieties of different colors and growth habits have been developed. Just check out a few of the more popular seed catalogs. There also are ...