Elbrook coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Elbrook'
RHS AGM 2003
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size18 to 24 inches tallup to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Magenta-pink with bronze-orange center cone
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Elbrook' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Elbrook') is a perennial for borders, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, and cut flower beds. 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, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Magenta-pink petals surround a bronze-orange center cone from early to late summer. Deer tend to browse other plants first. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Moonshine yarrow, Indian Summer rudbeckia, and Nodding onion.