{"id":2089,"date":"2018-11-19T18:06:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T23:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T22:12:24","slug":"giant-purple-coneflower-echinacea-purpurea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=2089","title":{"rendered":"Purple Coneflower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The summer garden work is over, and this crazy fall heat wave has broken. Now, I have time to catch up on writing about the plants that bloomed for the first time this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4230-e1539369133611.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4230-e1539369133611.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia Native Plant, Zone 7b, Echinacea Purpurea, Giant Purple Coneflower, \" class=\"wp-image-2249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4230-e1539369133611.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4230-e1539369133611-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>&#8216;Echinacea Purpurea&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the spectacular native plants I bought at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nightsongnatives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NightSong Native Plant Nursery&#8217;s Plant Sale<\/a>&nbsp;last year, the Giant Purple Coneflower or &#8216;Echinacea Purpurea&#8217;, bloomed from June through August. There were five blooms total, and I recently cut off the dried seed heads to save for planting next year. I planted it in a 6 inch container last year, and am transplanting to in ground location today! (October 12th, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found some fascinating info at my favorite wildflower site,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uswildflowers.com\/detail.php?SName=Echinacea%20purpurea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Wildflowers.<\/a> The photos on this site are fabulous, and this site is an incredible free resource for plant identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, Southern Living has a great article by Gene B. Bussell on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/home-garden\/gardens\/colorful-echinacea-coneflower-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple Coneflower,<\/a>&nbsp;detailing new hybrids being created, along with their uses in the southern garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4214-e1539369759984.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2248\" class=\"wp-image-2248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4214-e1539369759984.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4214-e1539369759984-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4229-1-e1539369782687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2250\" class=\"wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4229-1-e1539369782687.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4229-1-e1539369782687-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4238-e1539369802255.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2252\" class=\"wp-image-2252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4238-e1539369802255.jpg 480w, https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_4238-e1539369802255-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I moved the plant from the container to the in ground location, where it will get good southern sun exposure. I will also be able to see the blooms through the deck railing. I transplanted on October 12th. All the leaves are gone now, but hopefully it will return next spring! I sprinkled one seed head all around the base of the plant, and saved the other four for planting next spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer garden work is over, and this crazy fall heat wave has broken. Now, I have time to catch up on writing about the plants that bloomed for the first time this year. One of the spectacular native plants I bought at NightSong Native Plant Nursery&#8217;s Plant Sale&nbsp;last year, the Giant Purple Coneflower or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/?p=2089\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Purple Coneflower&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,100,12,21],"tags":[78,46,128,29,127,31,26,38,28],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-containerplants","category-landscapeplants","category-native-plants","category-perennials","category-profiles","tag-deer-resistant","tag-drought-tolerant","tag-echinacea-purpurea","tag-georgia","tag-giant-purple-coneflower","tag-native-plants","tag-organic","tag-perennial","tag-zone-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2953,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/2953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiagalgardens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}