Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Green Envy') in the Coneflowers Database - Garden.org

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General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall
Uses:	Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Pollinators:	Various insects
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

Common names

Coneflower
Eastern Purple Coneflower

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Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2014-08-09

Uploaded by DebbieC

Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-08-02
- This Green Envy seedling began by showing a green center, but t

Uploaded by HemNorth

Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: Summer 2010

Uploaded by LarryR

Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-08-02
- The beginning green is always amazing.

Uploaded by HemNorth

Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-05-23

Uploaded by Shannon

Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-25
12: 24 pm. Starts out very green, and then some pink comes in.

Uploaded by HemNorth

Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2015-08-17

Uploaded by DebbieC

Location: Part Sun Pittsford NY
Date: 2010-08-08
I am disapointed in the bloom time of this plant. Its not as gree

Uploaded by ge1836

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-29
7:45 pm. Notice the green in the centre of the cone, larger in t

Uploaded by HemNorth

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: 2013-07-13

Uploaded by obliqua

Date: 2016-06-06

Uploaded by Cat

Location: Part Sun Pittsford NY
Date: 2010-07-28

Uploaded by ge1836

Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08

Uploaded by ljb5966

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-06-19

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16

Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-01-28

Uploaded by Marilyn

Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-06-17
Taken in late morning.

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Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16

Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16

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Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16

Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16

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Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2012-07-02

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Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2012-07-16

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Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-06-01
2nd Year grown from seed

Uploaded by Shannon

Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08

Uploaded by ljb5966

Location: my zone 5 garden
Date: 2016-07-08

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Comments:

Posted by NHJenDion (Southern NH - Zone 5b) on Sep 24, 2015 10:48 AM concerning plant:

While I have read mixed reviews of this variety, I like it. The flowers slowly lose the green as the pink area of the petals enlarges. Seems fairly long lived (so far it's 5+ years old). As with most echinacea (to my knowledge), it does not always come true to seed.

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