1.   Purple coneflower, a favored plant of summer, finds a second season in the dead of winter.

2.   An indigenous plant commonly called purple coneflower, it was used by native Americans, and later by immigrants, as an immune system booster and infection fighter.

3.   Black-eyed Susans and purple coneflowers bloom all summer and make long-lasting cut flowers.

4.   Black-eyed Susans and purple coneflowers are prolific summer bloomers, too.

5.   -- Dig, divide and transplant summer perennials, such as Rudbeckia and purple coneflower, that have multiplied or failed to perform in a particular area.

6.   Easy-to-grow varieties include butterfly weed, New England aster, blue false indigo, purple coneflower, and foamflower.

7.   I fell in love with purple coneflowers, but somehow I managed to kill them.

8.   Native plants, such as purple coneflower and black-eyed Susan, have naturally adapted to our climate and require little, if any, additional watering.

9.   On the opposite side of the yard, purple coneflowers attract butterflies.

10.   Or fill it with purple coneflowers and purple fountain grass for late spring-fall color.