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Echinacea Butterfly ‘Purple Emperor’
- Compact Habit,
- Fragrant,
- Butterfly Magnet
Learn more about growing tips and how to care for your BUTTERFLY™ Purple Emperor Echinacea and other Coneflowers. See How to care for Coneflowers.
For general growing tips and how to care for your perennials. View Garden Crossings How to care for Perennials page.
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Rod’s Pick
I have been so impressed with all the Coneflowers in the Butterfly series. The nice compact, tight habit with a ton of blooms really does it for me!
Echinacea Butterfly ‘Purple Emperor’
- Compact Habit,
- Fragrant,
- Butterfly Magnet
$19.99
$19.99
(Coneflower) The Butterfly Series of Echinacea keeps growing! Now Introducing ‘Purple Emperor’, the latest butterfly attracting Echinacea. ‘Purple Emperor’ Echinacea has large, profuse, bright pink blooms that stand atop the sturdy well branched stems of this plant. Standing 15-18 inches tall, ‘Purple Emperor’ is a compact, stocky plant that will not fall. Echinacea prefer to be planted in full sun to part shade locations with moderate to dry soil. Enjoy ‘Purple Emperor’ indoors or out, this is a great fragrant specimen and does well indoors as a cut flower. Plant as a specimen or in mass for a stunning garden presence. For a garden full of Echinacea in the Butterfly Series also consider giving ‘Cleopatra’ or ‘Julia’ a try!
Common Name: Coneflower
Plant Type: Perennial
Brand: Signature Garden Plants
Hardiness Zone: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8What is my zone?
Max Height: 1 – 2 Feet
Max Spread: 1 – 2 Feet
Exposure: Full Sun (+6 hrs.), Part Shade (4-6 hrs.)
Nature Attractions: Bee-Friendly, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Songbirds
Critter Resistance: Deer
Flower Color: Pink Shades
Soil Moisture Needs: Dry, Moderate
Soil Type: Clay
Attributes: Cut Flower or Foliage, Deciduous, Dried Flower, Drought Tolerant, Fragrant, Native
Design Use: Border, Combination Containers, Container, Massing, Specimen
Season of Interest (Flowering): Summer, Late Summer
Learn more about growing tips and how to care for your BUTTERFLY™ Purple Emperor Echinacea and other Coneflowers. See How to care for Coneflowers.
For general growing tips and how to care for your perennials. View Garden Crossings How to care for Perennials page.
Interested in growing tips for other plants we sell. Browse our Plant Care Tips.
Rod’s Pick
I have been so impressed with all the Coneflowers in the Butterfly series. The nice compact, tight habit with a ton of blooms really does it for me!
2 reviews for Echinacea Butterfly ‘Purple Emperor’
Stephanie R –
This plant does such a great job!! Drought tolerant and keeps it form well.
Melissa –
Without fail this plant keeps on going no matter how much it gets neglected and returns every year without fail to continually take care of all my pollinators!!