Yellow Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata

Name: Yellow Coneflower
SKU: S115
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SKU # S115

Product Type: Seed Packet

Approximate Seeds Per Packet: 145

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Native to dry prairies, from Minnesota, South Dakota, south to Georgia, and Mississippi. Beautiful large light yellow petals droop from tall purple-brown cone centers, blooming all summer. Beautiful combined with coneflowers and sea holly in the mid to back border.

Lifecycle: Perennial

Zone: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Size: 4' h x 1.5' w

Sun: Full sun

Soil: Regular, well-drained

Season: Summer

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Color: Deep yellow

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Sowing Instructions

Depth: 1/16"
Sprout Time: 25-50 days after chill
Starting Indoors: Stratify for 30-60 days. Sow in a container, cover with a plastic bag and refrigerate, or mix seed with damp clean sand or vermiculite, bag, and refrigerate at 35-40F. Check often for germination and maintain a lightly moist medium. Transplant any seedlings as they germinate. After the chill period, sow into soilless media and keep at 60-70F.
Starting Outdoors: Direct sow in fall in prepared bed for germination in spring or wintersow into pots in the shade, covered with a thin layer of clean sand and a wire screen to keep out mice and voles. Check for moisture at regular intervals.
When to Set Outside: In springtime at last frost date, or in early autumn.

Placement & Cultivation

Yellow coneflower is a mainstay of meadow and other spacious gardens where its robust growth and multitudes of blossoms are effective. Summer to fall, showy golden flowers are of special value to native bees. It grows easily in many soil types except poorly drained, is drought tolerant, and a boon to butterflies and birds. Self sows.
Final Spacing: 2'
Water Use: Low Water Use
Watering Details: These plants prefer drier soil, and can tolerate drought. Water only during especially dry periods.
Soil pH: Tolerates most pH levels but prefers neutral
Fertilizer: Mix in about an inch of compost prior to planting and each year thereafter in early spring.
Diseases & Pests: Avoid fungal troubles by placing in a location that receives full sun exposure and has good air circulation. If watering is necessary, avoid wetting the plants; try to only get water on the soil.
When to Cut For Bouquets: 3/4-fully opened flowers

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Great coneflower for the south Monday, January 25, 2021

By CYPRESS , TX

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Here in the Houston area of Texas many coneflowers do not perform well. This yellow coneflower was easy to start from seed and is now blooming tirelessly all summer long in several areas of my yard. The ones I put out front have needed to be transplanted though because they grew to taller than four feet, instead they are taller than I am! They even have a lovely scent and long stems to enjoy in a vase.

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