Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'

Written By Elizabeth Broadbent
 

Common Names: purple coneflower 'White Swan'

Family: Asteraceae

Features:

  • white flower-heads with dull yellow central disks

Sunlight: Full/Partial Shade

Ultimate Height: 0.5 - 1 meters

Ultimate Spread: 0.1 - 0.5 meters

Flowering: Summer - Autumn

 

Care:

Deadhead the flowers as they fade to encourage more to form, but in autumn leave the seedheads for the birds. Cut them back the following spring, when the new foliage emerges. Mulch echinaceas with well-rotted manure or compost in autumn.

Elizabeth Broadbent
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