Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow White' (purple coneflower)

This cultivar of purple coneflower with long blooming, bright white blooms received an honorable mention in Mt. Cuba Center's Echinacea trials.  With an upright habit reaching up to 3' tall, this plant works well in pollinator gardens, meadows, borders, and container gardens.  Plant in full sun with dry to medium soils that are well-drained.

Purple coneflower is native to parts of eastern North America and present in the wild to some extent more broadly. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies, and barrens. The flowers attract many kinds of bees, including bumblebees, sweat bees, honey bees, the sunflower leafcutter bee, and the mining bee. Butterfly visitors include monarchs, swallowtails, and sulphur butterflies. Birds, particularly finches, eat the seeds and disperse them through their droppings. Slugs and rabbits will also eat the newly emerged foliage. 

Photo by Mohan Nannapaneni

BONAP Native Range Map for straight species. Bright green indicates native to the county, dark green indicates native to the state.