How to Use purple coneflower in a Sentence

purple coneflower

noun
  • This summer, take a stance and plant some purple coneflowers.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 24 June 2019
  • Perennials such as purple coneflower and grasses such as a prairie dropseed provide seed for a food source.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Perennials such as purple coneflower and grasses such as prairie dropseed provide seed as a food source.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Plant parsley at the base of purple coneflower and tuck rosemary into gaps in a succulent bed.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Plant it alongside garden phlox and purple coneflower for a pleasing contrast of shapes and textures.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
  • Herbs are good, if they’re allowed to flower, as are flowers like anise hyssop, purple coneflower and swamp milkweed.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Soggy soil and deep shade are the only conditions that purple coneflower won't tolerate.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Take the purple coneflower, one of the champions of the sunny perennial garden.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • For an easy street-side garden plan, feature native plants such as Aster, Baptisia, and purple coneflower.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022
  • The most common is purple coneflower, but they are being cultivated in an ever-widening range of pinks and purples.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 30 June 2022
  • Deadhead purple coneflowers to encourage new growth.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • Deadhead purple coneflowers to encourage new growth.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
  • The most classic, however, is the purple coneflower, known as Echinacea purpurea.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Her natives include purple coneflower, ironweed, joe pye weed, stiff goldenrod, obedient plant and blue lobelia.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2021
  • Behind him, in the center of the circle, Brandon Fountain knelt to look into a cluster of purple coneflowers.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Use coneflowers as fillers or thrillers to draw attention to fall planters or pair purple coneflowers with plants with yellow or orange blooms for an enchanting autumn display.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Catmint is usually stocked alongside popular perennial plants such as purple coneflower and yarrow.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2023
  • Tomatoes, peppers, and squash, as well as perennials like purple coneflower and salvia flourish in a west-facing garden that gets intense afternoon sun.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Echinacea Echinacea, or the purple coneflower, is closely related to daisies and sunflowers.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Scattered around are other native plants, like goldenrod, purple coneflower, native iris and colorful spike speedwells.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • About 20 different types of plants including butterfly-weed and purple coneflower were planted.
    — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 17 May 2018
  • Several species of wild coneflower are available, but the classic purple coneflower is Echinacea purpurea.
    — Angela England, The Spruce, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Some plants that need this process, called cold stratification, include milkweed, purple coneflower, black-eyed Susan and redbud, among many others.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Good native flowers to consider include wild columbine, wild bergamot, pale purple coneflower, asters and goldenrods, Steinhauer said.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Violets or dogwood in spring, raspberries or purple coneflower in summer, goldenrod or asters in fall — the options are numerous and varied to fit in any garden.
    — Carol Flynn, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • Growing to about 2-3-feet tall and happy in hot, sunny sites, purple coneflower produces bright purple and magenta flowers with yellow centers.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Rudbeckia’s summer blooms of yellow daisy-like flowers with dark centers continue blooming into fall and provide a nice complement to purple coneflowers.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Another wildflower in most seed mixes marketed for the Texas area is purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea).
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • An underused species is the Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis), whose pale pink petals radiate but do not overlap.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • The group includes milkweed, purple coneflower, Mexican sunflower, zinnias, parsley, dill, rue, butterfly weed and more.
    — Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021

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