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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Rose/Mauve
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall Mid Fall
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Flowers are good for cutting
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Nov 4, 2010, ms_greenjeans from Hopkins, MN (Zone 4a) wrote:
For me this coneflower is the most vigorous of all the varieties I have. The flowers are large and numerous, and the color is a brighter and more intense pink that doesn't fade.
On Mar 20, 2008, guspuppy from Warren, OH (Zone 5b) wrote:
Great flower! They do well as cut flowers also if you can part with the blossoms being on your plant (which I have a hard time doing) lol.
Kathy
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Clayton, California Timber Pines, Florida Athens, Georgia Moline, Illinois Rockford, Illinois Greenwood, Indiana Hebron, Kentucky Dearborn Heights, Michigan Hopkins, Minnesota Northome, Minnesota , Missouri Long Branch, New Jersey Buffalo, New York Nineveh, New York Southold, New York Bolindale, Ohio Gold Hill, Oregon Glendon, Pennsylvania Hilton Head Island, South Carolina , Tennessee Spring City, Tennessee Austin, Texas Dallas, Texas Houston, Texas (2 reports) Bristol, Virginia Kalama, Washington Ravenswood, West Virginia Weston, West Virginia
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