General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6 to 8 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Other: Silver cones
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Galpin's Coneflower
  • Conebush
  • Silver Balls

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Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2015-10-08
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2015-03-12
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2015-03-12
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-06-06
Location: Botanical Garden Brookings, Oregon
Date: 2016-06-06

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