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~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower
~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower

~ Echinacea tennesseensis, Tennessee Coneflower

~Didn't sow for 2024~

Echinacea tennesseensis

Tennessee Coneflower

  • Dry to average soils – doesn’t do well in rich or wet soils
  • Full Sun
  • 24” tall, 12” to 18” wide
  • Summer Blooms
  • Thrives in dry, gravely meadow settings

As their name suggests, this Echinacea is native to Tennessee, where they are historically found in a very limited range near where Nashville is now.

They are very tolerant of dry, well drained soils and don’t compete well with more vigorous species, making them a good fit for areas where the lack of moisture and nutrients slows down more rambunctious neighbours.

Would grow well alongside Orange Butterfly Weed, Lance Leaved Coreopsis, Heath Aster and other heat and drought adapted species.

-Seeds were collected from plants in my garden, which are not isolated from other Echinacea species so there is some possibility of natural hybridization -likely not an issue if you are just adding these to your garden, but an issue if you are planting this, previously listed as endangered, species for preservation purposes.

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Allium stellatum, Prairie Onion
Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting
Anemone virginiana, Thimbleweed
Asclepias hirtella, Tall Green Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa, Orange Butterfly Weed
Asclepias verticillata, Whorled Milkweed
Baptisia tinctoria, Small Yellow Wild Indigo
Bouteloua curtipendula, Side-Oats Grama
Coreopsis lanceolata, Lance-leaved Tickseed
Dalea purpurea, Purple Prairie Clover
Eragrostis spectabilis, Purple Lovegrass
Geum triflorum, Prairie Smoke
Koeleria macrantha, June Grass 
Lespedeza capitata, Round-headed Bush Clover
Liatris cylindracea, Slender Blazing Star 
Monarda punctata, Spotted Beebalm
Penstemon gracilis, Slender Beardtongue
Rudbeckia hirta, Black-Eyed-Susan
Schizachyrium scoparium, Little Bluestem
Sisyrinchium montanum, Blue-eyed Grass
Solidago nemoralis, Grey Goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides, Upland White Goldenrod 
Sporobolus heterolepis, Prairie Dropseed
Symphyotrichum ericoides, Heath Aster
Verbena simplex, Narrow-leaved Vervain
Verbena stricta, Hoary Vervain

Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
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