Echinacea purpurea
Breathtaking, fade-proof, rosy purple flowers from early summer right into fall, without dead-heading! This award-winning bloomer stays compact and tidy in the landscape and adds fantastic color to mixed containers. Highly adaptable; tolerates poor soil, heat, humidity, and even drought, once established. An herbaceous perennial.  Sold in gallon containers.
 
Light Needs:  Full sun
Water Needs: Once established, water occasionally; more in extreme heat or containers.
Plant type: Perennial
Deciduous/evergreen: Herbaceous
Growth rate: Fast
Average landscape size: Quickly reaches 16 to 20 in. tall, 12 to 16 in. wide.
Special features: Compact Form, Easy Care, Fast Growing, North American Native Selection, Waterwise
Foliage color: Green
Blooms: Summer through Early Fall
Flower color: Purplish-pink
Flower attributes:  Flowers for Cutting, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers
Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Cutting Garden, Mass Planting, Rock Garden