Coneflower Seeds – Attracts Bees and Butterflies

Enhance your garden’s beauty and biodiversity with Coneflower Seeds, a native perennial known for its vibrant daisy-like blooms and ability to attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators. These hardy plants are drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, and perfect for creating a colorful wildflower display. Ideal for pollinator gardens, borders, and naturalized landscapes, coneflowers bring lasting beauty throughout the summer season.

Features:

• Pollinator-Friendly: Naturally attracts bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects.

• Vibrant Blooms: Produces stunning pink to purple flowers with raised cone centers.

• Drought-Tolerant: Once established, plants require minimal watering.

• Low Maintenance: Easy to grow from seed and adaptable to various soil conditions.

• Long Blooming Period: Provides continuous color from midsummer to early fall.

• Wildlife Supportive: Seeds provide food for birds during late summer and fall.

Specifications:

• Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea

• Common Name (US): Coneflower

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Plant Height: 24–36 inches (60–90 cm)

• Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade

• Soil Type: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil

• Water Needs: Moderate; drought-tolerant once established

• Bloom Season: Mid-summer to early fall (June – September)

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 3–9

• Sowing Season:

  • Indoors: Late winter to early spring (February – April)

  • Outdoors: After the last frost or fall sowing (April – May or September – October)

• Germination Time: 14–21 days

• Spacing: 12–18 inches apart

• Uses: Pollinator gardens, borders, wildflower meadows, and natural landscapes