Bringing a bright splash of colour to your summer borders with its cheerful blooms, the drought-tolerant Echinacea or coneflower is the low-maintenance gardeners dream, providing plenty of wow factor whilst making very few demands on your time. Whether standing tall against a backdrop of gently-waving grasses in a Piet Oudolf style prairie planting scheme, or happily holding the fort in any dry and gravelly area, these long-flowering beauties will provide a focal point throughout the whole summer season. Coneflowers are famously popular with pollinators, too—your display of Echinaceas will become a buzzing social hub for bees and butterflies! Commonly known as the coneflower, due to the architectural seedheads that last long after the petals have faded, there’s no need to chop these back in Autumn—they look sublime with a light sparkle of frost, providing plenty of interest in your winter garden, too!