Plant Calculator
Enter the approximate length and width of the area you will be planting and click 'Calculate' to determine how many Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' you will need.
Correct and successful spacing is complex and depends on project conditions. We encourage you to call us at 877-ECO-PLUG for project specific recommendations and further assistance.
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
purple coneflower
- Category: Perennial
- Breeder: Jelitto Perennial Seed
- Hardiness Zone: 3-8
- Height: 2-3 Feet
- Spread: 12-18 Inches
- Spacing: 12 Inches
- Bloom Color: Violet
Named by Klaus Jelitto of Jelitto Staudensamen (Perennial Seeds) in Germany, for Swedish nurseryman Magnus Nilsson, who carefully selected for ten years, looking for fine form, dark hue, and very horizontal petals. A tall, coarse plant with large, dark green leaves and a large, 3-4" flower with broad hot pink to purple petals that surround a brown/bronze cone. Plants are tough and heat and drought tolerant once established. Their roots have famous medicinal qualities, they make great, long lasting cut flowers and attract numerous butterflies and small birds.
Click here to download technical information for growers:
Green Infrastructure
| • | Green Roof |
Plug Type
| • | Horticultural Plug |
Attributes
| • | Native to North America |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Salt Tolerance |
| • | Clay Tolerance |
| • | Cut Flower |
| • | Edible |
Propagation Type
| • | Seed cultivar |
Additional Information about Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
The Perennial Plant Association's 1998 Perennial Plant of the Year™
'Magnus' was introduced by Jelitto Perennial Seeds in 1985.
Ranging from Texas to New York, Echinacea purpurea can be found in moist prairies, meadows and open woods. As popular as they are in the landscape, coneflower is uncommon in the wild. They prefer full sun in fertile well-drained soil but one of the best features of Echinacea is the way it is able to tolerate drought, clay, high heat and humidity, part sun, and poor soils.
The flowers of coneflower provide multiple seasons of interest from summer while it blooms to fall and winter where the great seedheads are upright and structural. Butterflies and bees love the nectar of the flowers and goldfinches can’t help but flock to the seeds during the fall. While trialing ‘Green Twister’, we found the plant began flowering reliably by the first season of growth and was disease and pest resistant. Full growth at 3 years would provide a lovely, long lasting show and colorful flowers great for cutting.
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Echinacea take a wide array of conditions from average dry soil to medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full sun. Plant flowers best in full sun. Low-maintenance and tolerates drought, humidity, heat, poor soil. Resistant to pest and disease but sometimes suspectible to aster yellows disease. To encourage longer bloom time, flower heads can be deadheaded but not necessary. Seedheads are a delightful source of food for birds. To propagate, divide clump in the spring every 4 years. Root cuttings are also successful. Propagation by seed does not usually come true to type.
