Eastern purple coneflower 'White Swan'

Echinacea purpurea

How to grow Eastern purple coneflower 'White Swan'

  • Full Sun

  • Low

White Swan likes a position of full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly. White Swan is generally regarded as a very hardy plant, so this plant will tend to survive through freezing conditions. White Swan needs a loamy, sandy and clay soil with a ph of 6.1 to 7.8 (weakly acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil).

Growing White Swan from seed

Sow 0.0 inches (0.01 cm) deep with a guideline distance of 1.95 feet (60.0 cm). For optimal germination, soil temperature should be a minimum of 25°C / 77°F.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing White Swan about 56 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting White Swan

White Swan is very hardy, so ensure you wait until all danger of frost has passed in your area before considering planting outside.

Harvesting White Swan

Eastern purple coneflower White Swan Etymology

Echinacia comes from the Greek word echinos meaning hedgehog in reference to the spiny center cone.1

Footnotes

1 www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=r420