Echinacea Ruby Star Seeds

Self sown plants can also be moved at that time.

Echinacea ruby star seeds.

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. Echinacea purpurea ruby star. The intense carmine red petals are held horizontally from the center cone giving rubinstern a very beautiful and distinctive look. Grow ruby star coneflower from freshly harvested echinacea purpurea flower seeds.

Ruby star will produce gorgeous blooms atop foliage that grows up to 3 feet tall. Large intense carmine red daisy like blooms with a maroon center. Upright clump which is a favourite feeding station for many butterflies. The centers are reminiscent of thistly flowers and measure roughly 2 inches wide in diameter.

Their roots have famous medicinal qualities they make great long lasting cut flowers and attract numerous butterflies and. Buy ruby star echinacea seeds. Flowers are held on long strong stems perfect for cutting. It was named cut flower of the year 2006.

Easy and tough as nails it is a valuable plant for borders and meadow plantings attracting butterflies and later becoming a natural birdfeeder. Ruby star echinacea produces large long lasting intense rose purple blooms with horizontal flower petals and deep bronze cones. Plants are easy to grow tough and heat and drought tolerant once established. The stunning flowers have deep reddish mauve petals and orange brown central cones.

Specific epithet means purple. Rubinstern ruby star is an exciting improved variety of magnus developed by jelitto perennial seeds of germany. Seed heads are useful in dried arrangements. 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.

Rubinstern meaning ruby star is a purple coneflower seed cultivar that typically grows 2 3 tall. This breeding effort has resulted in more uniformly sized plants with large more darkly colored flowers. 40 42 tall x 18 wide. The 3 to 3 ft.

Buy ruby star coneflower online at mckay nursery company. Plants may be easily divided in early spring. Shop with confidence for quality trees shrubs and perennials. 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.

The most reliable coneflower available today ruby star has flat topped large blooms in intense pink purple that bloom all summer. Echinacea purpurea ruby star is my favorite purple coneflower.