Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'
Coneflower
- Classic white coneflower with coppery-brown cone
- Sweet honey-like fragrance
- Blooms early summer-early fall
- Sturdy flower stems, dark green leaves
Homeowner Growing and Maintenance Tips:
Prefers average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soil. Grows in full sun to partial shade. Tolerates drought once established, heat and poor soil. Plants can be divided when becoming crowded, every 4 years or so. Plants may stiill rebloom without deadheading but doing so does improve plants appearance. Plants will self-seed if spent flowerheads are left. Leaving flowerheads through winter provides seeds which can be eaten by songbirds.
Additional Characteristics & Attributes:
Attributes:
- Border or Bed
- Drought Tolerant
- Long Blooming
- Heat Tolerant
- Native
- Mass Planting
- Cut Flower/ Foliage
- Fast Growing
- Blooms all Season
- Naturalizing
- Dried Flower/ Foliage
- Summer Bloomer
- Low Maintenance
Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Partial Sun
Habit:
- Upright
- Mounding
Season of Interest (Flowering):
- Summer
Attracts Wildlife:
- Attracts Pollinators
- Attracts Butterflies
- Attracts Hummingbirds
Soil Moisture:
- Average Water
- Dry Soil
Genus Overview: Echinacea
Common Name: Coneflower
Clump-forming, herbaceous perennial. Coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate green leaves. Daisy-like flowers come in a wide variety of colors including white, yellow, orange, red and pink. Blooms through summer. Great fresh or dried cut flower. Excellent for mass plantings, perennial borders and a wide variety of other applications. Echinacea purpurea is native.