Magnificent Magnus: Echinacea purpurea in the summer garden

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One of this year’s Great Plant Picks, Echinacea purpurea Magnus will make a bold statement in your summer garden

With profuse and dramatic daisy-like red-purple flowers with a large orange cone-shaped centre, Echinacea purpurea Magnus will make a bold statement in your summer garden. Chosen as one of this year’s Great Plant Picks, this long-flowering perennial plays off well in the garden with paler hues—or conversely, can be added to the riot of colours in the herbaceous border. Blooming midsummer to early fall, Magnus thrives in full sun and is hardy to zone 3.