Sombrero Salsa Red Coneflower
Echinacea 'Balsomsed'
Ball
Sombrero Series
$17.50 – $24.00
Glowing, bright red flowers with dark red cones, produced on strong, well branched stems; attracts pollinators and feeds the birds in winter; use in naturalized areas with other native plants
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Sombrero Salsa Red Coneflower is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden | but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
Ornamental Qualities
Sombrero Salsa Red Coneflower has masses of beautiful lightly-scented red daisy flowers with dark red eyes at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall | which are most effective when planted in groupings. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.
Planting and Growing
Sombrero Salsa Red Coneflower will grow to be about 16 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers | with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground | not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!
This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations | and should do just fine under typical garden conditions. It is considered to be drought-tolerant | and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Deer Resistant
Keep moisture level dry to moist
Mature Size 16"(24"withtheflowers)Hx24"W
Cutflower Favorite
Flowers are red with soft fragrance
Flowers from mid summer to early fall
Attracts butterflies
Zone 4a
Likes average to moist soil