Prairie Frost coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Frost'
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
- Bloom color
- Rose-purple rays and bronze-brown center cone
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Prairie Frost' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Frost') 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, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Rose-purple petals surround a bronze-brown center cone from early to late summer, and butterflies, bees, and birds visit the blooms. It sits low on the menu for deer. The plant tolerates drought and salt.
Pairs well with Standing Ovation little bluestem, Moonshine yarrow, and Nodding onion.