Deeproot Plant Base Online - Ratibida columnifera 'Red Midget'

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botanical name:
Ratibida columnifera 'Red Midget'

common name: Mexican Hat Plant, Drooping Coneflower, Grey-head Coneflower
synonyms: Rudbeckia columnifera 'Red Midget'
family: Asteraceae

characteristics: perennial
height: 0.50m width: 0.45m
growth rate: medium
growth habit:
leaf colour: grey-green
flower colour: red & yellow
main period of interest: Summer

growing conditions: full sun, dry soil, moist soil, clay soil, sandy soil
prefered soil pH: any
minimum temperature: -20°C
USDA zone: 6 to 11

description:
Unusual flowers with broad reflexed petal of yellow and dark mahogany red and an elongated green and black central cone. Ferny pinnate grey-green leaves. More compact and shorter growing than the species.

cultivation:
Most well drained soils in sun. Tolerant of drought and heat.

propagation:
From seed.