Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Wildlife Value
Its flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Songbirds, especially American goldfinches, eat the seeds. Slightly deer resistant.
Plant Profile: Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917'
Names
Pow Pow Wild Berry Coneflower, PowWow® Coneflower, Wild Berry Coneflower
Phonetic Spelling:ek-in-AY-shee-a pur-PUR-ee-uh
Genus:Echinacea
Species:purpurea
Family:Asteraceae
The PowWow® Wild Berry Coneflower is a compact variety featuring vibrant rosy pink blooms that emerge in mid-summer and continue to thrive into the fall without requiring deadheading. Once it is well-established, this plant demonstrates remarkable resistance to both drought and heat, making it an excellent choice for mass planting in borders, rock gardens, or even in container arrangements.
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Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Feature Summary
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Image Gallery
Tags
#heat tolerant
#drought tolerant
#fall flowers
#purple flowers
#pink flowers
#tough plant
#low maintenance
#mass planting
#flower arrangements
#fast growing
#summer flowers
#rock gardens
#borders
#self-seeding
#cutting garden
#poor soils tolerant
#compact habit
#container plants
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Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Feature Summary
Attributes
Its flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Songbirds, especially American goldfinches, eat the seeds. Slightly deer resistant.
Perennial
Seed
Division
Root Cutting
Wildlife Food Source
Attracts Pollinators
Attractive Flowers
Easy to Grow
medium flammability
Fruit
Seeds produced in the center cone are small, dark, 4 sided achenes that are attractive to birds.
Achene
Black
Good Dried
Summer
Fall
< 1 inch
< 1 inch
Flowers
Showy purple pink flowers appear from summer through mid-fall. Reblooms without deadheading throughout the season.
Pink
Purple/Lavender
Good Cut
Showy
Long Bloom Season
Good Dried
Summer
Fall
7 - 20 petals/rays
Radial
3-6 inches
Leaves
3-6 inch long alternate, simple, dark green, scabrous leaves. The lower leaves are winged petiolate (with stems) and are ovate to broadly lanceolate, tip narrowly acute, broad cuneate base, and margins denticulate to coarsely toothed. The upper cauline (stem) leaves are reduced in size, narrower with a short petiolate to sessile (no stem) and nearly entire margins.
Deciduous
Green
Simple
Alternate
Elliptical
Ovate
Lanceolate
Cuneate
Entire
Serrate
Dentate
3-6 inches
Rough
1-3 inches
Stem
The light green stems have small purple streaks and scattered white hairs.
Purple/Lavender
Green
Hairy (pubescent)
Whole Plant Traits
Perennial
Herbaceous Perennial
Deciduous
Erect
Dense
Clumping
Rapid
Low
Coarse
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasionally Dry
12 inches-3 feet
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
4a
4b
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
3a
3b
9a
9b
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Landscape
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Rock Garden
Butterfly Garden
Pollinator Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Border
Mass Planting
Small groups
Drought
Deer
Heat
Humidity
Salt
Dry Soil
Poor Soil
Container
Patio
Small Space
Butterflies
Pollinators
Songbirds
Bees
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Image Gallery
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Attributes
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Life Cycle
Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Recommended Propagation Strategy
Division
Grafting
Layering
Leaf Cutting
Root Cutting
Seed
Stem Cutting
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Play Value
Attractive Flowers
Attracts Pollinators
Buffer
Colorful
Defines Paths
Easy to Grow
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Pieces Used in Games
Screening
Shade
Sound
Textural
Wildlife Cover/Habitat
Wildlife Food Source
Wildlife Larval Host
Wildlife Nesting
Wind Break
Wind Shimmer
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fire Risk Rating
extreme flammability
high flammability
low flammability
medium flammability
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Fruit
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fruit Description
Seeds produced in the center cone are small, dark, 4 sided achenes that are attractive to birds.
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fruit Type
Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fruit Color
Black
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fruit Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Display/Harvest Time
Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fruit Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Fruit Width
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Flowers
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Description
Showy purple pink flowers appear from summer through mid-fall. Reblooms without deadheading throughout the season.
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Color
Pink
Purple/Lavender
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Petals
2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Shape
Bell
Cross
Crown
Cup
Dome
Funnel
Irregular
Lipped
Radial
Saucer
Star
Trumpet
Tubular
Urn
Wheel
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Flower Size
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
< 1 inch
> 6 inches
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Leaves
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Description
3-6 inch long alternate, simple, dark green, scabrous leaves. The lower leaves are winged petiolate (with stems) and are ovate to broadly lanceolate, tip narrowly acute, broad cuneate base, and margins denticulate to coarsely toothed. The upper cauline (stem) leaves are reduced in size, narrower with a short petiolate to sessile (no stem) and nearly entire margins.
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Color
Green
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Shape
Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Margin
Crenate
Crenulate
Dentate
Denticulate
Doubly Crenate
Doubly Dentate
Doubly Serrate
Entire
Lobed
Serrate
Sinuate
Undulate
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Hairs Present
No
Yes
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Feel
Fleshy
Glossy
Leathery
Papery
Prickly
Rough
Rubbery
Slippery
Smooth
Soft
Velvety
Waxy
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Leaf Width
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Stem
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Stem Description
The light green stems have small purple streaks and scattered white hairs.
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Stem Color
Green
Purple/Lavender
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Stem Surface
Corky Ridges
Covered with a powdery bloom (glaucous)
Dull
Hairy (pubescent)
Polished
Smooth (glabrous)
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Whole Plant Traits
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Rapid
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Maintenance
Low
Medium
High
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Cultural Conditions
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Soil pH
Acid (<6.0)
Alkaline (>8.0)
Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Available Space To Plant
12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': NC Region
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
3a
3b
4a
4b
5a
5b
6a
6b
7a
7b
8a
8b
9a
9b
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917' Landscape
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Landscape Theme
Asian Garden
Butterfly Garden
Children's Garden
Cottage Garden
Cutting Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden
Edible Garden
English Garden
Fairy Garden
Garden for the Blind
Native Garden
Nighttime Garden
Pollinator Garden
Rain Garden
Rock Garden
Shade Garden
Water Garden
Winter Garden
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Design Feature
Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Resistance To Challenges
Black Walnut
Compaction
Deer
Diseases
Drought
Dry Soil
Erosion
Fire
Foot Traffic
Heat
Heavy Shade
Humidity
Insect Pests
Pollution
Poor Soil
Rabbits
Salt
Slugs
Squirrels
Storm damage
Urban Conditions
Voles
Wet Soil
Wind
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Landscape Location
Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland
Echinacea purpurea 'PAS702917': Attracts
Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees
