Echinacea purpurea
Red coneflower
Common names: Purple coneflower, Echinacea
Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
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Description
The Red coneflower is a striking perennial with large purplish‑pink flowers and a tall, spiky, conical flower head that attracts bees and butterflies. In the garden it provides color from July to September, and dried flowers can be used in tea for a mild, slightly bitter flavor.
Care instructions
Begin cultivation in March or plant purchased perennials in a sunny spot with fertile, well‑drained soil. Water regularly during the growing season; later the plant tolerates drought well. Leave seed heads over winter, they add ornamental value and feed birds.
Soil & site
Soil pH
Soil type
loamy, sandy, humus-rich, well-drained
Feeding
Light feeder
Companion planting
Good neighbors
carrot family (Apiaceae)
Calendula and Tagetes next to carrots keep the carrot fly away with their scent.
For example Carrotcelery rootDillParsleyCarrot fennelCoriander and 19 more species in the catalogue
Source: classic companion planting (DACH-Gartenpraxis)
Rather not
nightshade family (Solanaceae)
Sunflowers release substances into the soil that inhibit potato tuber growth, and they also compete for water and nutrients.
For example PotatoTomatoSweet pepperCocktail tomatoEggplantCape gooseberry and 9 more species in the catalogue
Source: basic crop-rotation rule
Companion planting is partly traditional gardening lore. Where the reason is known, it is given.
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