Coconut Lime coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 2.5 feet tall18+ inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White with lime green center disk (double)
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Coconut Lime' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime') is a perennial for borders, cut flower gardens, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. The double white blooms have a lime green center disk. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit the flowers. Deer tend to pass it by.
Pairs well with Butterfly milkweed, Indian grass, Standing Ovation little bluestem, and Nodding onion.