PowWow® Wild Berry ConeflowerThis prolific, award winning perennial yields lots of bold purple pink, long lasting flowers in its very first season, then shifts into overdrive to produce even more blooms the following years. A versatile and easy care plant, it grows readily in nearly any type of soil, and maintains a strong tolerance to drought. The brightly colored flowers attract butterflies, pollinators and hummingbirds to the area, but deer tend to leave them alone. In fall,

perennials

Available in a gallon pot and shipping now

can be used as an attractive shrub-like landscape plant or as an informal hedge

Keeps producing all summer long in clusters close to the central stem (so plants never fall over from the weight)

sylvestris (nodding

and other recipes that Southerners have enjoyed over the decades

Leaves turn vivid red in the fall

Miss Manners rolls out the welcome mat for garden visitors

'Satisfaction' (late)

Blooms in midsummer

Winter hardy and with good disease resistance

Major Wheeler is a fast grower that quickly reaches 6-10 ft