Dig a hole twice as wide and slightly deeper than the root ball. Loosen soil in the planting area at least 12 inches deep. (Norman Winter, horticulturist, garden speaker and author of, “Tough-as-Nails Flowers for the South” and “Captivating Combinations: Color and Style in the Garden. Follow these steps and space plants 1 to 3 feet apart, depending on the variety. They bring both beauty and fun to the garden. Chives are a fragrant herb, commonly used in cooking, but they also have a place in the budget gardener’s perennial bed. Keep your eyes open, however, for the new Orange You Awesome and Yellow My Darling plants. Purple coneflowers still come in purple and they will always be recommended. They also look natural in prairie-like companions with ornamental grasses swaying in the breeze. Aster (Aster spp.) Blanket flower (Gaillardia spp.) Clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis) Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.) Eastern purple coneflower (. You’ll love them in informal sweeps or drifts with rudbeckias or gloriosa daisies like Prairie Sun or Indian Summer. To create a lively color bed, choose Echinacea companions carefully. In addition to Blue Boa Agastache, I have mine partnered with catmint, blue salvias, and perennial hibiscus. Companion plants for Echinacea should have similar cultural requirements and can create a bed with attractive blooms for any beneficial insect. Your partnership-planting opportunities with these new echinacea plants are unlimited. If you have the mucky soil, consider planting on raised beds using a prepared landscape mix. Space your color-coded echinacea plants 10- to -20-inches apart in an informal drift or sweep.
While tilling, work in two pounds of a slow-release 12-6-6 fertilizer per 100 square feet of bed space. The genus name Echinacea comes from the Greek word echinos which translates to a hedgehog or sea urchin a reference to the flowerhead’s resemblance to a hedgehog. The soil does not need to be luxuriantly fertile on the other hand, if it takes a pickaxe or a jackhammer to break apart, plan on incorporating 3- to -4-inches of organic matter. Purple coneflowers or Echinacea purpurea is part of the Asteraceae family and Echinacea genus.
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Whenever you decide to plant, choose a site in full sun for best flower performance.
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