Blooming Eastern Purple Coneflowers

The Eastern Purple Coneflower (Enchinacea purpurea), is a popular North American species of a herbaceous perennial, flowering plant. The flowers have cone-shaped flowering heads and grow well in full sun or shade and well-drained soil. These beautiful flowers attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds and if the heads are left intact during the winter, birds will feed on the seeds.

A young eastern purple coneflower blooming during the late summer.

A side view of an eastern purple coneflower growing during the summer.

A young eastern purple coneflower growing in a flower garden during the summer in New England.

Another view of a blooming eastern purple coneflower.

A bumblebee (Bombus) feeding from an eastern purple coneflower.

An American lady butterfly (Nymphalinae) drinking from an eastern purple coneflower.

A beautiful eastern purple coneflower blooming in New England.

An almost fully bloomed eastern purple coneflower growing in August.

A visit to an eastern purple coneflower from a bumblebee in the flower garden.

A bright eastern purple coneflower.

A bunch of eastern purple coneflowers growing in Maine during the late summer.