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Ratibida columnifera subsp. pulcherrima Quantity in Basket: None
Code: 501R-A6
Price: $1.85
'Mexican Hat' or "Dwarf Yellow Mexican Hat' or 'Upright Prairie Coneflower' or 'Long-headed Coneflower' or 'Columnar Prairie Coneflower' Asteraceae:
Some all yellow flowers but most with purplish-brown with yellow at the apex. Drought tolerant plants that grow 1.5 to 2.5 feet tall and put on a good display even under hot conditions. Plants will bloom the first year with an early sowing.
Zones 4-9. A native wildflower of the Great Plains of the USA. Use 9 weeks at 25 to 39ºF, You can wet the glassin packet and place -it in a plastic zip-lock bag or Sow in a small bag with moist medium and put in the fridge, After sow into a pot or tray and move to 80ºF for germination. Fresh seed has some dormancy and dried/older seed loses the dormancy and germinates quicker. Since this seed has been dried and stored you can sow it right away and use 55-75F with germination starting in 10 days and spread-out over a number of weeks.
100 seeds.