Since I love a pop of pink in the garden, Pow Wow Wildberry Coneflowers fit the bill. The formal name for coneflowers is Echinacea.
Features:
1) They are drought tolerant and deer resistant – a double bonus!
2) Coneflowers are perennials (in zones 3 -9) so they keep coming back each year!
3) Pow Wow Coneflowers bloom from early summer to early fall. If you want more blooms during the growing season, just trim the stems of the spent blooms.
4) Butterflies like the nectar.
5) Since birds (especially finches) like the seeds over the winter, don’t trim the flowers in the fall.
6) While I love the wildberry color, there are Pow Wows that have white flowers too!
7) You can divide the plant to get more plants in early spring or late fall.
8) They are compact and reach under two feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide.
If you missed my post on Profusion Zinnias, just click on the link.
