Vanilla Drip Echinacea is an upright free-branching native perennial grey-green foliage. The large fragrant flowers are vanilla white with large creamy white pom-pom like centers and bloom through summer until frost if deadheaded.  Thrives in full sun and well-drained soils.  The double flowers may attract less butterflies and bees, but spent stems will stay erect and attract birds if not removed.  Drought tolerant.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Susceptible to aster yellows disease and eriophyid mites.  Heat and drought tolerant.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, Native Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Liatris, Baby’s Breath, Salvia

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.