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Coneflower Companion Planting
Echinacea purpurea
Daisy (Asteraceae) -- warm season
1 beneficial companion
0 antagonistic relationships
Good Companions for Coneflower
TomatoSolanum lycopersicum
BeneficialPest SuppressionSupported
Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) attracts a wide range of predatory insects including parasitoid wasps, ladybugs, and lacewings. As a perennial, it provides stable beneficial insect habitat season after season.
Plant coneflower as a permanent border near annual vegetable beds. Flowers from midsummer through fall.
Sources
- Native perennial plants as insectary resources in agricultural landscapes -- Environmental Entomology (2008)
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