Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hats | Grey Headed Coneflower

DESCRIPTION

NAME: Dwarf Mexican Hat

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ratibida Columnifera (Dwarf)

COLOR: Red & Yellow

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost

PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 24"

PLANT SPACING: 8 - 18"

BLOOM TIME: Summer

HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 10

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Tolerates Heat Well

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Dry

QUANTITY: 50 Seeds

OTHER: Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds.

Here I am offering Seeds from Ratibida columnifera, also known as Mexican Hats, Grey Headed Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, and Red Hats. This perennial can get about 3 feet high and must be gr4own in a spot where it can get at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. This plant will attract birds, bees, and butterflies as it blooms from late Spring until early Fall. It can also be grown to be used as a cut flower. This is a deer resistant plant. A tea can be made from the leaves and flower heads, and it is supposed to be kind of tasty. USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 10

Mexican Hat it's a perennial plant, very strongly spreading, thanks to which over 100 inflorescences can develop on one specimen. Very attractive mahogany-brown-yellow flowers resemble a Mexican hat with their shape.