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Top native coneflowers

8 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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8 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 7 Part shade 4

Soil and water

Moisture

Dry 5 Well drained 6 Moist 4

Water use

Low 1 Medium 3

Soil

Rocky 4 Sand 4 Loam 5 Clay 6 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 4 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Drought tolerant

Yes 6

Deer resistant

Yes 4

Resists

Dry soil 3 Heat 2 Humidity 2 Poor soil 2 Salt 1

Form

Habit

Erect 5

Plant type

Wildflower 8 Herbaceous perennial 5 Perennial 4 Herb 1
  • Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea caterpillars 2 bees 5 food 6 flowers 350
  • Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida caterpillars 1 bees 5 hosts 1 flowers 144 shelter 1
  • Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower Echinacea angustifolia caterpillars 1 bees 4 flowers 125
  • Yellow Coneflower Echinacea paradoxa caterpillars 1 bees 4 flowers 88
  • Topeka Purple Coneflower Echinacea atrorubens caterpillars 1 bees 3 flowers 83
  • Sanguine Purple Coneflower Echinacea sanguinea caterpillars 1 bees 2 flowers 69
  • Smooth Purple Coneflower Echinacea laevigata caterpillars 1 flowers 87
  • Tennessee Purple Coneflower Echinacea tennesseensis caterpillars 1 flowers 82

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