Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow Wild Berry' is a clear Gold Medal contender for the incredible color or its blossoms, its outstanding performance, and excellent branching habit that results in more blossoms per plant - an awesome addition to the garden. Retaining their color as they mature, the bright deep purple-pink to magenta flowers, up to 3-4 in. wide (7-10 cm), are beautifully carried on sturdy, well-branched stems. An early bloomer, this Coneflower has a compact habit and shines in the garden from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Perfect for small gardens and containers.

• All-American selections Gold Medal in 2010
• Extremely showy and vigorous, this fabulous herbaceous perennial is a perfect choice for beds and borders, naturalized areas, meadows, prairies, wildflower gardens or containers.
• Excellent as cut or dried flowers. If flower heads are not removed in the fall, the blackened cones will be visited by birds that feed on the seeds.
• Easy care, this Coneflower grows in clumps up to 18-24 in. tall (45-60 cm) and 12-16 in. wide (30-40 cm).
• Thrives in full sun or light shade. It prefers average, dry to medium, well-drained soils. Avoid overly rich or fertile soil or the plant might become leggy.
• Planted in mass, the cone-shaped flower heads provide quite an attraction to butterflies, hummingbirds and yourself!
• Drought, deer, heat, humidity and poor soil tolerant!
• Remove spent flowers and cut back the stems to encourage further blooms and reduce self-seeding. Deadheading will help them grow and thrive.

Echinacea, commonly called Coneflower, has been cultivated as a hardy and showy perennial since the 1700s, both in North America and Europe. Truly an American plant, native to the central and eastern part of the country, it was used by the early native Americans to cure wounds and infections. A great prairie flower, its bright and large blossoms made a successful transition to the backyard. Traditionally purple, with ray flowers that droop downward off the central cone, Coneflowers today enjoy a rich variety of colors and flower shapes with ray florets held horizontal, single or even doubled, giving them the look of Chrysanthemum. Easily grown from seed, they thrive on neglect.