Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Frost'

ëPrairie Frost is the first purple coneflower with variegated foliage. It was discovered in 1996 as a chance seedling in a planting of E. ëBravado. This is an erect perennial that typically grows in an upright clump to 26î tall. It features toothed, tapering, narrow-ovate, dark green leaves (to 6î long) with irregular creamy white margins. Daisy-like coneflowers (to 3î diameter) with rosy purple rays and bronze-brown central cones bloom from June to August, often with some sporadic later bloom. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not remov... more »

ëPrairie Frost is the first purple coneflower with variegated foliage. It was discovered in 1996 as a chance seedling in a planting of E. ëBravado. This is an erect perennial that typically grows in an upright clump to 26î tall. It features toothed, tapering, narrow-ovate, dark green leaves (to 6î long) with irregular creamy white margins. Daisy-like coneflowers (to 3î diameter) with rosy purple rays and bronze-brown central cones bloom from June to August, often with some sporadic later bloom. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones are often visited by goldfinches that feed on the seeds. Echinacea comes from the Greek word ìechinosî meaning hedgehog in reference to the flowers spiny center cone. U. S. Plant Patent Applied For (PPAF). (less)