Green Twister Coneflower

Green Twister opens lime green at the petal tips and carmine pink toward the center, so each flower carries both colors at once. Echinacea purpurea 'Green Twister' grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 18 to 24 inches wide in full sun to part sun, hardy from Zone 3 through Zone 8. The proportion of green to pink varies plant to plant and flower to flower, since this is seed-grown rather than cloned. Bloom runs from early summer into fall. The stems are tall enough for the middle of a border and stiff enough to stand without staking. The flowers cut well. Leave the last seedheads standing at the end of the season for goldfinches. Purple coneflower takes drought, heat, humidity, poor soil, and clay once established, and full sun gives the sturdiest stems. Deer generally leave it alone.