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Growing Great Coneflowers

Coneflowers grow and flower best in full sun to part shade, and most can survive winters as far north as USDA zone 3. Well-drained soil is great, but this is a plant that tolerates a wide variety of conditions, from moderate clay to rocky soil. About the only condition coneflowers don’t like is wet soil in

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