Product Description

Salsa Red Echinacea is a compact freely branching native perennial with strong upright stems that do not need staking and aromatic dark green foliage.  Heavy blooms of fragrant spicy orange-red flowers with overlapping petals and large orange-brown cones begin in late spring and all through summer.  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.  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: Oregon State University, Echinacea

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

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