Garden-style bouquets
Mix a few head sizes and heights for a gathered look. Keep the center colors in mind when choosing the rest of the wedding palette.
Echinacea angustifoliaFocal flowers
Use the open flower faces as part of a prairie-inspired palette, leaving the central cones visible. Specify the species to keep the intended petal and leaf proportions consistent.
FIELD NOTEOpen flower facePhoto Credit: Tony Fischer · CC BY 2.0
Open flower face
Names are a starting point. Keep the exact commercial form, cultivar, and supplier grade with your recipe so another florist can reproduce it.
Black-samson Echinacea · Coneflower · Narrow Leaf Purple Coneflower · Echinacea angustifolia
Search aliases can overlap; confirm the botanical identity and product code with your supplier.Botanical reference: NC State Extension . Colors and bloom seasons describe the referenced plant or group in a garden context; they are not a cut-flower stock list. Commercial hybrids, cultivars, and local conditions can differ.
Explore the shape, texture, and possibilities. Open a photo for a closer look.
Narrowleaf Purple Coneflower
Photo Credit: Tony Fischer · CC BY 2.0
Echinacea angustifolia. leaves and flowers
Photo Credit: Enrico Blasutto · CC BY-SA 3.0
These are design starting points. Test your sample with the actual cut material, venue conditions, and mechanics.
Mix a few head sizes and heights for a gathered look. Keep the center colors in mind when choosing the rest of the wedding palette.
Turn heads toward different viewing sides. Test the arrangement at table level so flat flower faces remain visible to seated guests.
Repeat the main daisy shape in a few vases and vary the supporting stems. Plan the whole table grouping before dividing bunches.
Start with contrasting shapes and compatible scale. Confirm that both ingredients are available in your colors for the same event date.

A finer stem and lighter flower outline.

A small round accent against open petals.

A simple leafy framework around the flower faces.
These are design alternatives to explore. They can differ in head size, stem yield, color, and handling, so make a new sample and recost the recipe.
Recipe quantity × arrangements, plus your extra-stem allowance. Then round up to your supplier’s pack size.
Start with a sample design, then work out the full order. The numbers below are a math example, not a recommended narrowleaf purple coneflower recipe.
Round up (3 × 10 × 1.1) to whole stems, then whole packs.
Cost one arrangementCarries your per-arrangement quantity, stem cost, pack size, and buffer into the calculator. Add other flowers, supplies, and labor there. Signup unlocks catalog selection beyond the 10 free favorites.
Think of this ingredient as a open flower face. Use the open flower faces as part of a prairie-inspired palette, leaving the central cones visible. Specify the species to keep the intended petal and leaf proportions consistent.
Use a date-specific supplier quote for narrowleaf purple coneflower. Can you supply Echinacea angustifolia specifically and show the ray shape, cone stage, and cut length? Divide the quoted bunch price by its usable stem count for a per-stem cost, then include your quantities, supplies, labor, and pricing rules in the calculator. There is no fixed wholesale price in this guide.
Make one representative arrangement first and record how many purchased stems it uses. Multiply that quantity by the number of arrangements, add your chosen ordering allowance, and round up to whole supplier packs. The planner on this page demonstrates this calculation; its example values are not a recommended flower recipe.
The botanical reference lists summer garden bloom seasons for the referenced plant or group. That describes garden flowering in the source’s context, not guaranteed cut-flower stock. Local climate, cultivar, production methods, and imports change what your supplier can offer. Confirm the exact date, form, color, and grade before promising this flower.
Stemwork’s design notes and pairing suggestions are editorial starting points for a florist’s own sample recipe. Botanical facts are drawn from Echinacea angustifolia — NC State Extension Plant Toolbox (reference checked September 23, 2026). General preparation and design principles reference University of Minnesota Extension. Garden bloom seasons describe a plant in the reference’s growing context, not global wholesale availability. Images show botanical references and may depict a different cultivar or commercial stage. Stemwork does not publish live supplier inventory, wholesale prices, or guaranteed vase-life claims.
Explore the wider botanical group: Echinacea species in the botanical directory. Commercial forms in this guide may be hybrids or cultivars.
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