Echinacea Pur. ‘Pica Bella’ 1 Gal

Pica Bella Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Pica Bella'

Beautiful, sturdy, and award winning plants!

'Pica Bella' Coneflowers have managed to receive a top rating in Mt. Cuba Center's rigorous plant trials TWICE - from 2007-2009, and again 2018-2020. These are exceptionally flower-ful plants filled with dazzling blooms up to 4", yet the plants are pleasingly dense and compact. incredibly low maintenance in the garden. 'Pica Bella' are a selection of our WNC Native Echinacea purpurea plants, and are a selected seedling of the seed strain Echinacea purpurea ‘Abenstem’.

Once established, these sturdy plants are drought, heat, and humidity tolerant. 

These plants are extremely versatile, and are ideal for Butterfly Gardens, Children's Gardens, Cottage Gardens, Cutting Gardens, Drought Tolerant Gardens, Native Gardens, Pollinator Gardens, Rain Gardens, Rock Gardens, and more!

🐦Help Birds: According to the Audubon Society, these plants can help feed and attract Cardinals, Chickadees, Jays, Finches, Mockingbirds, Blackbirds, New World Sparrows, Vireos, Waxwings, Wood Warblers, and more to the garden.

🦋Help butterflies and moths: In NC, these plants provide nectar to at least 4 (though likely many more) species of butterflies, and are the host plants for at least moth species.

🐝Help Pollinators: The Xerxes Society highly recommends planting Echinacea purpurea to help a range of pollinators. Native bees will use the dead stems in winter to raise their young. Mt. Cuba noticed during their trials that these plants were very popular with pollinators.

🦌Deer resistant: these plants aren't at the top of the deer menu.

🌳Juglone resistant: These flowers can be planted near Black Walnut trees.

Best flowering in full sun, 6-8 hours of direct sunlight.

32"T x W

Zones 3a-8b, cold hardy down to -40F.

💚Plant Nerd: Echinacea purpurea plants have a long history of medicinal use. Some herbal practitioners believe that they can help boost the immune system.