Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor™'
Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor™'

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3.5" Perennial
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Regularly: $6.99 ea

Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor™'

Scott's Nursery Ltd.

$6.99
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Bring a breathtaking display of wild-flowering elegance and rich, saturated colour to your sunny landscape. This award-winning variety forms a beautifully dense, compact mound of deep green foliage that becomes completely crowned by an abundance of massive, daisy-like blossoms. Each vibrant, rose-pink petal radiates outward from a prominent, copper-gold central cone, creating a stunning, high-contrast glow. Its heavy blooming power delivers instant prairie charm and non-stop visual impact that anchors borders, walkways, and patio pots with ease.
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Plant Details

Mature Size:

18" H x 15" W

Zone:

3-9

Watering:

Low to Medium

Type:

Herbaceous Perennial

Growth Rate:

Fast

Light:

Full Sun

Plant Profile

Common Names:

Prairie Splendor Purple Coneflower, Compact Purple Coneflower, Dwarf Hedgehog Coneflower

Scientific Name:

Echinacea purpurea 'Prairie Splendor™'

Type:

Thriller / Compact Ornamental Perennial

Growth Details:

Mature Size: 12 to 24 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide (Significantly more compact and stocky than the straight native species).

Growth Habit: Densely branched, uniform upright mounding habit.

Form: Compact, tidy, well-structured perennial clump.

Growth Rate: Fast.

Flowering: Profuse displays of large, single daisy-shaped blossoms up to 4 inches across.

Flowering Time: Early summer through mid-autumn (Continuous from June until the first hard frost if deadheaded).

Flower Colour: Deep rose-pink to rose-purple petals with a prominent burnt-orange or copper central cone.

Environmental Needs:

Exposure: Full sun. Tolerates very light, sparse afternoon shade in exceptionally hot, arid summer climates.

Soil Preferences: Average, lean, or sandy well-drained garden loam soils.

Soil Tolerance: Highly resilient in poor fertility, dry dirt, and shallow rocky ground; completely intolerant of soggy, waterlogged winter clay.

Watering: Low to moderate. Allow the soil surface to dry out completely between watering intervals.

Container Role: Performs perfectly as a structural, long-blooming focal centrepiece Thriller in mixed patio pottery and porch containers.

Special Features:

Disease Resistances: Excellent natural immunity to common garden pests; highly improved resistance to powdery mildew.

Native Species: Yes (A highly refined dwarf selection of a species native to the central and eastern United States).

Fast Growing: Yes (Achieves full size and heavy flowering in its very first season).

Attracts: Intensely alluring to butterflies, native honeybees, wild bumblebees, and beneficial insect pollinators.

Uses: Cutting gardens (flowers have thick, rigid stems that hold up beautifully in vases), borders, massing, and pollinator sanctuaries.

Resistance: Highly deer-resistant and rabbit-resistant due to the tough texture and aromatic properties of the leaves and cones. Exceptional drought and heat tolerance.
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Ornamental & Landscape Value

Seasonal Interest:

Bloom Information: Highly showy, long-season flowers that emerge early and maintain an unbroken blanket of color for months on end.

Fall Colour: Foliage stays a clean dark green until a hard freeze, while the dried central cones turn dark brown and remain standing into winter

Garden Value:

Ornamental Interest: Large, continuous rose-purple flowers centered by architectural, prickly metallic cones that provide exceptional structure.

Landscaping Uses: Ideal for pocket massings, pathway edging, cottage gardens, naturalized meadows, urban mass plantings, and wildlife-friendly borders.

Garden / Landscape Benefits: Specially engineered to flower much earlier in the spring than traditional wild coneflowers, extending the garden's color window. Its compact habit completely eliminates the flopping or splitting associated with taller varieties.

Wildlife & Human Value:

Wildlife Value: A premier ecological asset; provides an invaluable nectar buffet for migrating monarch butterflies and bees all summer, followed by oil-rich seeds that feed wild goldfinches all winter.

Human Value: One of the finest compact cut flowers available for indoor vases. Echinacea compounds are also historically celebrated in herbal folklore; today, it provides unbeatable, low-maintenance curb appeal.

Planting & Care Guide

Planting Considerations:

Best Time To Plant: Early spring after hard winter freezes pass, or early autumn.

Spacing: Space individual plants 12 to 15 inches apart to allow for a dense, interlocking carpet of blooms while preserving air circulation.

Location Tips: Select an open, highly exposed garden space with excellent drainage; perfect for hot, dry zones or park strips.

Companion Plants: Pairs magnificently with deep blue Salvias, Russian Sage, yellow Coreopsis 'Leading Lady', Black-Eyed Susans, and short Ornamental Grasses.

Care:

Light Requirements: Demands absolute full sun to achieve its maximum flower density and maintain sturdy, upright stems.

Moisture Requirements: Needs regular watering during the first growing season to establish a deep, resilient root system; becomes highly drought-tolerant and self-sufficient thereafter.

Maintenance, Fertilization: Remove faded flower heads down to the nearest stem joint to continuously stimulate fresh waves of late-season buds. Apply a single application of balanced slow-release fertilizer in early spring; avoid heavy fertilizers, which can cause the tight growth to stretch.

Tolerances:

Exceptional cold hardiness, extended drought, poor or rocky soils, severe summer heat, high winds, and browsing wildlife.

Tips For Success:

Thinning / Pinching: Not required due to its naturally dense, heavily branched genetics.

Support / Staking: Completely unnecessary; the thick, sturdy stems hold the large blooms perfectly upright even through wind and rain.

Special Needs: Leave some of the late-autumn spent flower cones intact on the plant over the winter; local songbirds love to feed on the seeds.

Mulching: Apply a light layer of mulch around the root zone to retain summer moisture, but avoid packing it directly against the stem collars.

Winter Protection: None required; completely frost-hardy. Simply clear away dead foliage and old stems in early spring before fresh new green shoots emerge.
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