Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Giant'

ëPrairie Giant is a purple coneflower that, as the cultivar name suggests, is distinguished by its giant features: flowers (6-9î diameter), basal leaves (to 24î long) and stiff stems (to 40î tall). Each flower features narrow light pink rays with a dark center cone. Stems are clad with irregularly serrate, rough, tapering, narrow-ovate, dark green leaves. Flowers bloom from June to early September, sometimes with sporadic later bloom. 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... more »

ëPrairie Giant is a purple coneflower that, as the cultivar name suggests, is distinguished by its giant features: flowers (6-9î diameter), basal leaves (to 24î long) and stiff stems (to 40î tall). Each flower features narrow light pink rays with a dark center cone. Stems are clad with irregularly serrate, rough, tapering, narrow-ovate, dark green leaves. Flowers bloom from June to early September, sometimes with sporadic later bloom. 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. (less)