Echinacea plants are one of my garden favorites — durable, hardy, bee and butterfly friendly. Commonly known as coneflower, they come in a variety of colors, not just purple. According to the ...

Q: I have planted lots of new coneflowers (echinacea) in my yard this year as part of a drought-tolerant, prairie-garden scheme. They have started to flower and they look beautiful, but I'm wondering ...

A University of Minnesota researcher teamed up to work with a researcher from the Chicago Botanic Gardens to understand how the use of controlled fires affects prairie landscapes and its effects on ...

As we enter the winter months, many will break out their pruning shears and deadhead plants that have finished flowering for ...

A neglected, sun-baked patch might hold your garden’s liveliest secret. This autumn, small changes could reset winter ...

I can't believe it's been 15 years since I wrote a story about in, well, Trout Lake, Wash. They grow organic herbs, including a large amount of echinacea. Seeing the fields of Echinacea purpurea , the ...

While coneflowers are technically short-lived perennials, the same species can last in your garden for decades, using the ...

Orange You Awesome made its debut in 2019, and I can truthfully say, it is, indeed. This is one of the new color-coded groups of echinacea from Proven Winners and it has captured this gardener’s heart ...

Echinacea failed to relieve children's cold symptoms and appeared to cause skin rashes in some cases, a study of 407 youngsters found. It is one of the largest studies yet to question the benefits of ...

HOW TO live longer: Cancer - a leading cause of death worldwide - is proof that longevity is far from guaranteed. Ongoing research suggests you can reduce your risk of the deadly disease, however. A ...