Product Description

Panama Red Echinacea is a compact freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems and aromatic dark green foliage.  The heavy blooms of fragrant, deep orange-red flowers with dark cones have an extra long season throughout summer and well into fall.  Thrives in full sun and well-drained soils.  The flowers attract butterflies and bees, and spent stems will stay erect and attract birds if not removed.  Panama Red is disease resistant and drought tolerant.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Susceptible to aster yellows disease and eriophyid mites.  Heat and drought tolerant.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, Native Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Liatris, Baby’s Breath, Salvia

IMAGE: Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Echinaea

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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