Stargazer Perennials Farm & Nursery Coneflowers; Easy To Love, Easy To Care For! Easy To Love: Echinacea or coneflower as is the common name are hardy, drought tolerant garden perennial plants that are a joy to have in the garden. Echinaceas range in size from 12" tall to 40" tall depending on variety, and come in a wide range of colors. A summer blooming perennial, most echinaceas bloom July - October. The flowers are ideal for use as cut-flowers and can be dried to use in floral or craft arrangements. Easy To Care For: Plant echinaceas in full sun and well-drained soil. Leave 18-24 inches on either side of the plant for future growth. Provide steady irrigation through the summer. Fertilize once in the spring and again in the summer with a slow release, low nitrogen organic fertilizer. Dead-head spent blooms in the summer to promote more flowers, but do not cutback in the fall, rather leave the seed heads intact for wild birds to use as food in the winter. NEW Echinacea Varieties: Echinacea Gum Drop: New for 2011: Hot-pink, pom-pom like flowers are held up on strong, stiff stems. SHOP for Echinacea Gum Drop... Echinacea Day Dream: Lovely lemon-yellow, fragrant flowers just keep blooming all summer long. SHOP for Echinacea Day Dream... Echinacea Hot Lava: Heat up the garden with fire-red petals that are tinged with burnt-orange! SHOP for Echinacea Hot Lava... SAVE 20% OFF All Echinaceas! Valid until 2/15/2011 Enter Coupon Code CONE11 during checkout in the shopping cart, to receive 20% off all echinaceas. Offer valid until 2/15/2011 SHOP for Echinaceas New Garden Articles: Ornamental Grasses Shade Gardening Echinacea Maui Sunshine Heuchera Berry Smoothie Tomato Growing Tips Echinacea Facts: NOMENCLATURE NOTES:  'Echinacea' (Genus name from the Greek echinos: sea urchin or hedgehog, referring to the seed cone.) SHOP for Perennials WILDLIFE : Birds, bees and butterflies find echinacea irresistible, but fortunately deer do not. Coneflowers also provide valuable food in the winter for winter birds! Plant echinaceas for you and for the birds, bees and butterflies. COMPANION PLANTS: Plant echinacea with other hardy perennial plants such as: Nepeta Walker's Low Ornamental Grasses Salvia May Night Monarda Bee Balm We start shipping our Echinacea plants in late April depending on weather. Our coneflowers are grown and shipped in 1 gallon containers.

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