Pale Purple Coneflower
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) – A Delicate Beauty for Pollinator Gardens
Add a touch of graceful charm to your landscape with Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)! This stunning native perennial features elegant, drooping pale purple petals surrounding a prominent central cone. Blooming from late spring through mid-summer, it serves as a vital nectar source for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
Unlike its more common cousin, Echinacea purpurea, Pale Purple Coneflower has slender, slightly reflexed petals that create a soft, naturalistic look—perfect for prairie plantings, wildflower meadows, and pollinator-friendly gardens.
Hardy and drought-tolerant once established, this sun-loving coneflower thrives in well-drained soils and is an excellent low-maintenance addition to any native landscape. Plus, its seed heads provide a winter food source for birds, making it an ecologically valuable choice.
🌞 Light: Full sun
🪨 Soil: Well-drained, prefers dry to medium moisture
💦 Water: Low to moderate; drought-tolerant once established
🌱 Height: 2-3 feet
🏵️ Blooms: Late spring to mid-summer
🦋🐝🐦 Benefits: Pollinator magnet, supports native wildlife, deer-resistant, and low-maintenance
🌿 Why Choose Plant Plugs?
✔️ Establish faster and more reliably than seeds
✔️ Develop stronger, healthier root systems
✔️ Require less maintenance and have a higher success rate
✔️ Are ready to plant immediately in your garden
📦 What You’ll Receive:
✅ A healthy plant plug ready for transplant
✅ Grown without synthetic chemicals to support a thriving ecosystem
✅ Carefully packaged to ensure safe arrival
✅ Planting and care instructions to help your plant thrive
Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) – A Delicate Beauty for Pollinator Gardens
Add a touch of graceful charm to your landscape with Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)! This stunning native perennial features elegant, drooping pale purple petals surrounding a prominent central cone. Blooming from late spring through mid-summer, it serves as a vital nectar source for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
Unlike its more common cousin, Echinacea purpurea, Pale Purple Coneflower has slender, slightly reflexed petals that create a soft, naturalistic look—perfect for prairie plantings, wildflower meadows, and pollinator-friendly gardens.
Hardy and drought-tolerant once established, this sun-loving coneflower thrives in well-drained soils and is an excellent low-maintenance addition to any native landscape. Plus, its seed heads provide a winter food source for birds, making it an ecologically valuable choice.
🌞 Light: Full sun
🪨 Soil: Well-drained, prefers dry to medium moisture
💦 Water: Low to moderate; drought-tolerant once established
🌱 Height: 2-3 feet
🏵️ Blooms: Late spring to mid-summer
🦋🐝🐦 Benefits: Pollinator magnet, supports native wildlife, deer-resistant, and low-maintenance
🌿 Why Choose Plant Plugs?
✔️ Establish faster and more reliably than seeds
✔️ Develop stronger, healthier root systems
✔️ Require less maintenance and have a higher success rate
✔️ Are ready to plant immediately in your garden
📦 What You’ll Receive:
✅ A healthy plant plug ready for transplant
✅ Grown without synthetic chemicals to support a thriving ecosystem
✅ Carefully packaged to ensure safe arrival
✅ Planting and care instructions to help your plant thrive
Plant Specs:
-Botanical Name: Echinacea Pallida
-Common Name: Pale Purple Coneflower
-Native Range: Central and Eastern North America (prairies, dry open woods)
-Mature Size: 2-3 feet tall, 1-2 feet wide
-Light Requirements: Full Sun
-Soil Type: Well-drained, sandy, or rocky soils; tolerates poor soils
-Water Needs: Low to moderate; drought-tolerant once established
-Bloom Time: Late Spring to mid-summer
-Flower Color: Pale pink to lavender with drooping petals
-Wildlife Benefits: Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; seeds provide food for birds (especially goldfinches)
-Deer Resistance: Moderate to high
-Growth Habit: Clumping, upright perennial with slender stems and distinctive drooping petals