Ruby Star coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Ruby Star' coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star') is a perennial for borders, cut flowers, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. Flowers can reach 5 inches across and sit flat instead of drooping, and they bloom from mid-summer to frost. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. The dried seed heads feed finches and other birds in winter.
Pairs well with Yarrow, Bee balm, Red-hot poker, and Prairie dropseed.