Sunny Days Ruby Coneflower

Sunny Days Ruby Coneflower
echinacea

Masses of over-size double ruby-red flowers that, once fully bloomed, resemble puffballs, grow tall above deep green foliage. Rapid growth rate.

Use as cut or dried flowers. Be sure to keep some flowers in the garden over winter, as the blackened seedheads provide cold-season garden interest, as well as food for finches and other winter birds.

Blooms all summer
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant

Echinaceas are native in North America.

USDA zone 4
Height: 1.5 ft
1-gallon pot