Coneflowers are some of the easiest and most rewarding flowers you can grow. They attract birds and butter flies and can be cut and brought inside where they last a long time. Cone flowers should be directly sowed outside into your flower garden. Spread your seeds 12-18” apart to give adequate space to fully grow. Cover seeds with 1/4” of moist garden soil. Cone flowers do well in almost any soil and tolerate dry soil conditions very well. Be sure to water them during really dry periods to keep growing healthy. Cone flowers will do well when given a fertilizer once or twice a season. Cone flowers will grow to 24” to 42” tall and will form many branches. To encourage new blooms try cutting o all the dead blooms. Cone flowers are a very hardy fl ower and will survive the first light frost. Cone- flowers reseed themselves and come back every year.
Suggest Varieties:
Purple – A sturdy perennial that will reseed itself.
White Swan – Pure white petals with an orange-brown disk.
Yellow – A beautiful cone flower that has bright yellow petals.
