It's a dwarf cultivar ... mistaken for the closely related purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) variety, it jumpstarts its doppelganger's pink-purple blooms by three weeks.

Coneflowers (Echinacea spp ... nine native species in traditional purple, as well as pink, red, orange, green, multi-colors and even dwarf varieties. No matter what variety of coneflower you ...