Looking for a long-lived and tough coneflower for your garden? Echinacea 'Public Domain' is a coneflower selected for its resilience and early flowering.

• Easy to grow
• Drought tolerant
• Attracts pollinators

Details

• 18 to 24 in. tall and wide
• Clump-forming habit
• Perennial that goes dormant in the fall and emerges again in the spring
• Hardy in USDA hardiness zones 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

How to grow

Plant in full sun to keep plants compact and free flowering. Prefers well-drained soil and will tolerate drought once established.

Care and maintenance

Easy to care for. Though not necessary for the health of the plant, deadheading (cutting off the old flowers) will promote more blooms.

Flowering period

In central North Carolina plants start blooming in May and can continue flowering into the fall if deadheaded after their first flush.

When to plant

Anytime the ground isn’t frozen. Will establish quickly in the summer if plants are kept watered.

Spacing

18 to 24 inches apart when planting in a group.

When will my plant flower?

Plants are flowering size and will bloom their first year.

Native habitat and range

Both species of this hybrid are native to prairie-like habitats. Echinacea tennesseensis is a rare native that only grows in Tennessee while E. purpurea grows at scattered locations throughout the eastern United States.

Source and origin

This coneflower came about from a group of self-sown seedlings in our garden, most likely a hybrid between E. purpurea and E. tennesseensis. After a decade of evaluating, we selected one plant for its durability and early flowering.