Echinacea Ruby Star Seeds

Upright clump which is a favourite feeding station for many butterflies.

Echinacea ruby star seeds. Seed heads are useful in dried arrangements. The most reliable coneflower available today ruby star has flat topped large blooms in intense pink purple that bloom all summer. Shop with confidence for quality trees shrubs and perennials. The petals are held horizontally.

Plants may be easily divided in early spring. Ruby star will produce gorgeous blooms atop foliage that grows up to 3 feet tall. Tall plants are vigorous sturdy and long blooming flowers begin in midsummer and continue well into the fall. This breeding effort has resulted in more uniformly sized plants with large more darkly colored flowers.

Their roots have famous medicinal qualities they make great long lasting cut flowers and attract numerous butterflies and. Echinacea purpurea ruby star. The 3 to 3 ft. Specific epithet means purple.

It was named cut flower of the year 2006. 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. Rubinstern meaning ruby star is a purple coneflower seed cultivar that typically grows 2 3 tall. Easy and tough as nails it is a valuable plant for borders and meadow plantings attracting butterflies and later becoming a natural birdfeeder.

The intense carmine red petals are held horizontally from the center cone giving rubinstern a very beautiful and distinctive look. Flowers are held on long strong stems perfect for cutting. 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 ruby star is an exciting improved variety of magnus developed by jelitto perennial seeds of germany.

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 centers are reminiscent of thistly flowers and measure roughly 2 inches wide in diameter. 40 42 tall x 18 wide. Large intense carmine red daisy like blooms with a maroon center.

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. Buy ruby star echinacea seeds. Buy ruby star coneflower online at mckay nursery company.

Self sown plants can also be moved at that time. The stunning flowers have deep reddish mauve petals and orange brown central cones.