Echinacea Ruby Star Seeds

The 3 to 3 ft.

Echinacea ruby star seeds.

Echinacea purpurea ruby star is my favorite purple coneflower. Ruby star echinacea produces large long lasting intense rose purple blooms with horizontal flower petals and deep bronze cones. The most reliable coneflower available today ruby star has flat topped large blooms in intense pink purple that bloom all summer. Genus name of echinacea comes from the greek word echinos meaning hedgehog or sea urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus.

Specific epithet means purple. Large intense carmine red daisy like blooms with a maroon center. It was named cut flower of the year 2006. Buy ruby star coneflower online at mckay nursery company.

40 42 tall x 18 wide. Easy and tough as nails it is a valuable plant for borders and meadow plantings attracting butterflies and later becoming a natural birdfeeder. Self sown plants can also be moved at that time. Rubinstern meaning ruby star is a purple coneflower seed cultivar that typically grows 2 3 tall.

Plants may be easily divided in early spring. The flower heads will produce 10 to 12 petals each displaying their red purple petals through the summer months. Buy ruby star echinacea seeds. The petals are held horizontally.

Flowers are held on long strong stems perfect for cutting. Upright clump which is a favourite feeding station for many butterflies. Echinacea purpurea ruby star. The stunning flowers have deep reddish mauve petals and orange brown central cones.

Rubinstern ruby star is an exciting improved variety of magnus developed by jelitto perennial seeds of germany. Shop with confidence for quality trees shrubs and perennials. Echinacea purpurea ruby star sku 1822 flower petals are first held horizontally then relax as the flowers age and the cone like centers become more pronounced. Grow ruby star coneflower from freshly harvested echinacea purpurea flower seeds.

This breeding effort has resulted in more uniformly sized plants with large more darkly colored flowers. Ruby star will produce gorgeous blooms atop foliage that grows up to 3 feet tall. The centers are reminiscent of thistly flowers and measure roughly 2 inches wide in diameter. Introduced by jelitto who gave us magnus echinacea ruby star is a slightly shorter plant with large flat topped flowers that are a deeper purple pink almost ruby red than most others.

Plants are easy to grow tough and heat and drought tolerant once established. Tall plants are vigorous sturdy and long blooming flowers begin in midsummer and continue well into the fall.