Echinaceae (Compositae)
Purple coneflower is the classic ornamental and medicinal plant and one of the inspirations for this nursery. The idea of medicinal landscaping. A beautiful native plant that blooms for two months in late summer and, with breeding, in a wide range of colors. Likes full sun, rich, well drained, and limed soils.The roots are a traditional medicinal used for a wide range of ailments and as a general immune system stimulant. We carry three species currently (there are more). Purpurea, the most common and where all the ornamental breeding originates; augustifolia, with the highest medicinal properties; and Tennesseensis, the only echinacea native to the East coast. Both the augustifolia and the Tennesseensis are tap rooted, instead of clumping, and will send their roots deep into the soil, mining micronutrients and making the plants drought resistent and ideal for a hot, dry location.
Purple coneflower is the classic ornamental and medicinal plant and one of the inspirations for this nursery. The idea of medicinal landscaping. A beautiful native plant that blooms for two months in late summer and, with breeding, in a wide range of colors. Likes full sun, rich, well drained, and limed soils.The roots are a traditional medicinal used for a wide range of ailments and as a general immune system stimulant. We carry three species currently (there are more). Purpurea, the most common and where all the ornamental breeding originates; augustifolia, with the highest medicinal properties; and Tennesseensis, the only echinacea native to the East coast. Both the augustifolia and the Tennesseensis are tap rooted, instead of clumping, and will send their roots deep into the soil, mining micronutrients and making the plants drought resistent and ideal for a hot, dry location.
Purple coneflower is the classic ornamental and medicinal plant and one of the inspirations for this nursery. The idea of medicinal landscaping. A beautiful native plant that blooms for two months in late summer and, with breeding, in a wide range of colors. Likes full sun, rich, well drained, and limed soils.The roots are a traditional medicinal used for a wide range of ailments and as a general immune system stimulant. We carry three species currently (there are more). Purpurea, the most common and where all the ornamental breeding originates; augustifolia, with the highest medicinal properties; and Tennesseensis, the only echinacea native to the East coast. Both the augustifolia and the Tennesseensis are tap rooted, instead of clumping, and will send their roots deep into the soil, mining micronutrients and making the plants drought resistent and ideal for a hot, dry location.