- You will get 400 Seeds of Echinacea Purple Red Cone Flower Seeds. - Soil Type: Chalk, Clay, Loam, Peat, Sand, Silt. - Sunlight: Full Sun, Medium Sun. - Life Cycle: Perennial. - Watering: Medium. - Cultivating Difficulty: Easy. - Echinacea is an amazingly cold tolerant Spring perennial! - Echinacea is a very versatile perennial flower in the garden. - It is a native perennial wildflower in the Sunflower family that thrives in the cold! - Non-GMO purple red coneflower is considered a deer resistant herb. - It is extremely hardy and should thrive for you in the garden, landscape or as a wildflower in meadows. - Echinacea is a very adaptive species native wildflower, and will thrive under somewhat adverse conditions. - Butterflies and hummingbirds will continue to seek out your property year after year once you introduce this species. - There are numerous pollinators that love Echinacea but also many predator insects need its nectar, and these insects will bring stability to your garden setting. - The spent flowers will form these cones which hold countless seeds. These seeds will become an important food source for birds that'll seek them out in Winter. - Echinacea is tolerant of drought, poor soils, heat and humidity! - It is a fairly disease and pest resistant species. - Echinacea can be used as a dried flower, cut flower, in beds, borders etc...but is perfect in a low-maintenance garden! - It is a great flower for the beginner and will do awesome in containers and window boxes as well! - Echinacea has many medicinal and herbal benefits including being used to boost the immune system. - There are few plants that bring as many benefits to the gardener as Echinacea! It is a beauty to look at but also wonderful as an herbal remedy. - Always seek the opinion of a Physician before consuming herbs and other plants for medical reasons.