Echinacea purpurea 'Pica Bella' (Purple Coneflower) Unity Grown

A positively show-stopping cultivar of Echinacea purpurea, 'Pica Bella' is a sun-loving perennial that comes with bright, bold flowers and rosy, purple-pink petals that are held out in spikes without drooping like other coneflowers. 'Pica Bella' is an upright, summer bloomer with lasting blooms from earl summer well into the fall, typically growing to 2-3' tall in clumps about as wide. Out of 74 varieties and species within the Mt. Cuba Center Echinacea trial gardens, the 'Pica Bella' cultivar was selected as the apex Top Performer, scoring 5 out of 5 possible points for its vibrant, long-lasting natural blooms, good structure and habit, and enhanced attractiveness to pollinators.

'Pica Bella' is excellent for cut flowers, and dead-heading blooms can prolong the variety's bloom window,; alternatively, when flowers and dried seedheads are left intact, they can last through the late fall and winter seasons, providing a food source for a variety of songbirds through migration and lean winter months. 'Pica Bella' blooms attract butterflies, pollinators, and hummingbirds, and are additionally deer resistant and tolerant of drought, heat, and humidity. This cultivar thrives in full sun and average, dry to medium, well-drained soils, but can also tolerate more intense conditions including drought and poor soils, making it not just a top performer for the trial gardens, but a top performer in your backyard habitat too!