Description
Echinacea 'Green Jewel'
Height: 18-24in
Spread: 12-18in
Zone: 3-8
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Bloom Time/Color: May-August; green
Uses: Naturalizing, prairies, massing, rock garden, borders, specimen
Maintenance: Low
Other: Deer resistant, attracts butterflies, native, cut flower
Almost every Midwest gardener knows that summers would not be complete without one or more varieties of coneflower. They're extremely easy to care for: adaptable to most soil types provided it is well-drained, tolerant of drought, poor soils, heat and humidity, and can grow in either full sun or part shade. Coneflowers contain medium green, scabrous, oblong leaves with flowers in a multitude of colors that are arranged into rays of petals with a high cone in the center. Blooms make good cut or dried flowers for vases and are targets for butterflies and other pollinators. Plants are relatively disease, insect, and deer resistant apart from aster yellows disease. 'Green Jewel' is an all green selection of coneflower that is sturdy with a very long bloom period. Green ray petals and green cones combine to make flowers that are lightly fragrant.
