Coneflower Explosion: New and Unusual Varieties

Bring out the pompons! You’ll cheer when you add 'Pink Double Delight' coneflowerto your garden. The cones feature a fluffy pink form skirted with pink petals. Blooms fade to lavender as they age. Plants grow 2 feet tall and are hardy in zones 3 to 9.

'Ferris Wheel' coneflower keeps the floral fun coming from midsummer until frost with pretty ruffled petals arranged around cones like the spokes of a wagon wheel. Plants bear many blooms—you’ll have plenty for bouquets when you add this perennial to your garden. Flowers top out at 3 feet; plants are hardy in zones 4 to 9.

Bright orange cones surrounded with a ring of yellow petals make 'Maui Sunshine' coneflower glow in the garden. Plants form 2-foot-tall clumps; flower stems bring the height to just shy of 3 feet. 'Maui Sunshine' is hardy in zones 4 to 9.

Stir up conversation by including 'Double Decker' coneflower in your garden. Flower color mimics traditional purple coneflower, but that’s where the resemblance stops. Cones boast a two-tiered look with a topknot of petals and a dangling petal petticoat. Plants reliably produce double-decker blooms from the second growing season onward. In flower, plants rise to 40 inches. This coneflower is hardy in zones 3 to 8.