{"id":1690,"date":"2011-08-11T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2011-08-10T17:34:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T21:34:03","slug":"kims-knee-high-coneflower-for-small-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/08\/11\/kims-knee-high-coneflower-for-small-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kim&#8217;s Knee High&#8217; Coneflower For Small Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1692\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1221.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1692\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1692\" title=\"IMG_1221\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1221-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1221-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_1221.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#39;Kim&#39;s Knee High&#39; coneflower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We\u00a0are in the midst of an <em>Echinacea<\/em> revolution. Purple coneflower (<em>Echinacea purpurea<\/em>) is a popular 5-6 foot tall native perennial commonly planted\u00a0in meadow and butterfly gardens.\u00a0Kim Hawkes, former owner of Niche Gardens Nursery in Chapel Hill, N.C. introduced\u00a0compact growing\u00a0\u2018Kim\u2019s Knee High\u2019\u00a0 a decade ago. It is still one of the finest cultivars.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Kim\u2019s Knee High\u2019 fits into most small gardens at 2-3 feet in height and 1-2 feet in spread. Coneflower grows in average well-drained soil and in full to partial (minimum of 6 hours) sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Kim\u2019s Knee High\u2019 is low maintenance.\u00a0It exhibits moderate heat and drought tolerance after one year\u2019s establishment in the garden.\u00a0Coneflower thrives\u00a0on late winter feeding. Clumps should be divided every 3-4 years.<\/p>\n<p>The 3 \u00bd inch\u00a0rose pink ray petalled flowers\u00a0are slightly reflexed, and surround a\u00a0russet-orange cone\u00a0center. Coneflower blooms from late June through late August in the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and7). Deadheading old spent blooms extends flowering time\u00a0through first\u00a0October frost.<\/p>\n<p>Coneflowers attract numerous butterflies and bees, and seeds are a major winter food source for many species of birds,\u00a0particularly finches and\u00a0hummingbirds. Seeds self-sow and\u00a0become nuisance weeds. Remove all old growth in the early fall to avoid the seed load or wait until late winter in order to feed the birds.<\/p>\n<p>Pest problems are minimal if plants are not overcrowded. Coneflowers are deer resistant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00a0are in the midst of an Echinacea revolution. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a popular 5-6 foot tall native perennial commonly planted\u00a0in meadow and butterfly gardens.\u00a0Kim Hawkes, former owner of Niche Gardens Nursery in Chapel Hill, N.C. introduced\u00a0compact growing\u00a0\u2018Kim\u2019s Knee High\u2019\u00a0 a decade ago. It is still one of the finest cultivars. \u2018Kim\u2019s Knee High\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[657,747,749,768,521,665,745,625,202,601,630,706,646,1,655],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1690"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1716,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690\/revisions\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}