PLANT OF THE WEEK

ECHINACEA

Coneflowers have lovely daisy flowers and are useful for providing colour in late summer and early autumn.

Echinacea are popular in prairie planting schemes where their relaxed appearance mixes well with grasses and other prairie perennials. Plant in full sunshine for maximum flowers and if you have heavy clay soil, delay planting until spring as they tend to disappear in very wet soil. They don’t like it bone dry either so water during dry spells.