Eye-Catcher Tanager coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Eye-Catcher Tanager'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Eye-Catcher Tanager' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Eye-Catcher Tanager') is a perennial for borders, cottage gardens, pollinator gardens, and meadows. 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. It blooms from early to late summer and draws butterflies, bees, and birds. It sits low on the menu for deer. It also handles drought and salt well.
Pairs well with Prairie dropseed, New England aster, and Prairie Sun rudbeckia.