Echinacea Ruby Star Seeds

The stunning flowers have deep reddish mauve petals and orange brown central cones.

Echinacea ruby star seeds.

Ruby star will produce gorgeous blooms atop foliage that grows up to 3 feet tall. The most reliable coneflower available today ruby star has flat topped large blooms in intense pink purple that bloom all summer. Seed heads are useful in dried arrangements. Large intense carmine red daisy like blooms with a maroon center.

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. Flowers are held on long strong stems perfect for cutting. The centers are reminiscent of thistly flowers and measure roughly 2 inches wide in diameter. The flower heads will produce 10 to 12 petals each displaying their red purple petals through the summer months.

Buy ruby star echinacea seeds. 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 petals are held horizontally. Shop with confidence for quality trees shrubs and perennials.

Easy and tough as nails it is a valuable plant for borders and meadow plantings attracting butterflies and later becoming a natural birdfeeder. Plants may be easily divided in early spring. 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.

Ruby star echinacea produces large long lasting intense rose purple blooms with horizontal flower petals and deep bronze cones. Buy ruby star coneflower online at mckay nursery company. Their roots have famous medicinal qualities they make great long lasting cut flowers and attract numerous butterflies and. Upright clump which is a favourite feeding station for many butterflies.

Specific epithet means purple. Tall plants are vigorous sturdy and long blooming flowers begin in midsummer and continue well into the fall. Echinacea purpurea ruby star. 40 42 tall x 18 wide.

This breeding effort has resulted in more uniformly sized plants with large more darkly colored flowers. The intense carmine red petals are held horizontally from the center cone giving rubinstern a very beautiful and distinctive look. It was named cut flower of the year 2006. The 3 to 3 ft.

Self sown plants can also be moved at that time. Grow ruby star coneflower from freshly harvested echinacea purpurea flower seeds.