Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)

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Pale Purple Coneflower is recommended as a preferred pollinator plant (Xerces.org) and it is recommended as a monarch nectar source by the Xerces Society (Xerces.org). It also attracts hummingbirds and we could all use a little more hummingbird in our lives! Pale Purple coneflower is also very attractive to native bees and is the host plant for the specialist Mining Bee Andrena helianthiformis (Holm, 2017). It does have a taproot, which means (once established) that it will be drought resistant but also difficult to move, so choose your planting place wisely. The dried seed heads are picked over by Goldfinches in late summer and early fall.

Photo credit: Joshua Mayer

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Pale Purple Coneflower is recommended as a preferred pollinator plant (Xerces.org) and it is recommended as a monarch nectar source by the Xerces Society (Xerces.org). It also attracts hummingbirds and we could all use a little more hummingbird in our lives! Pale Purple coneflower is also very attractive to native bees and is the host plant for the specialist Mining Bee Andrena helianthiformis (Holm, 2017). It does have a taproot, which means (once established) that it will be drought resistant but also difficult to move, so choose your planting place wisely. The dried seed heads are picked over by Goldfinches in late summer and early fall.

Photo credit: Joshua Mayer

Life Cycle: Perennial

Sun Exposure: Full, Partial shade

Soil Moisture: Medium-Dry

Height: 3 feet

Plant Spacing: 10-18 inches

Bloom Time: June-July

Bloom Color: Pink

Advantages: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Deer Resistant, Great landscaping plant

Host Plant: Possibly the Sunflower Moth

Specialist Bee: Mining Bee Andrena helianthiformis (Holm, 2017)

Complementary Plants: Little Bluestem, Beard Tongues, Thimble Anemone, Ohio Spiderwort

Resources: Holm, Heather. Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide. Pollination Press, 2017

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