Echinacea Flower Power. Impressive color without equal among the coneflowers. Flowering in late summer they combine well with other late perennials and grasses especially in prairie-style plantings.
Bright orange cones surrounded with a ring of yellow petals make Maui Sunshine coneflower glow in the garden. The common name Coneflower comes from the appearance of the flower head the cone-shaped central disc. This popular plant has been used in perennial gardens for over 200 years and is widely known.
The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies.
As it was called on the Great Plains. The common name Coneflower comes from the appearance of the flower head the cone-shaped central disc. -- Echinacea Magical Properties and Uses. Plants form 2-foot-tall clumps.