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Echinacea 'Salsa Red'

Coneflower

  • Sturdy and compact, well-branching plant
  • Large single flowers with hot salsa red petals
  • Blooms throughout summer if deadheaded

  • Category: Perennials
  • Alternate Cultivar: 'Balsomsed'
  • Patent: PP23105
  • Hardiness Zone: 4-9
  • Height: 18-20 in
  • Spread: 22-24 in
  • Bloom Color: Red
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Critter Resistance
Deer Resistant
Exposure
Full Sun
Foliage Color
Green
Soil Moisture
Average Water
Habit
Upright
Season of Interest (Foliage)
Summer
Summer Bloomer
Summer Bloomer

Learn More about Echinacea purperea (Coneflower)

Echinacea purpurea, commonly called purple coneflower, is a coarse, rough-hairy, herbaceous perennial that is native to moist prairies, meadows and open woods of the central to southeastern United States.

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Interesting Notes about Echinacea purperea

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.