Echinacea Seeds – Red Coneflower

Add vibrant color and pollinator-friendly charm to your garden with Echinacea Red Coneflower Seeds. Known for their striking red petals and long-lasting blooms, these hardy perennials are easy to grow and thrive in a variety of soil types. Perfect for borders, wildflower gardens, or cut-flower arrangements, Red Coneflowers attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds while being drought-tolerant and low-maintenance. Their sturdy stems and daisy-like flowers make them a garden favorite that blooms year after year.

Features:

• Bright Red Blooms: Distinctive red petals surrounding a raised cone-shaped center.

• Pollinator-Friendly: Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

• Drought-Tolerant: Ideal for low-water gardens once established.

• Perennial Beauty: Returns each year with minimal care.

• Versatile Planting: Great for garden beds, borders, and naturalized areas.

• Low Maintenance: Requires little upkeep and adapts well to most soil types.

Specifications:

• Common Name: Red Coneflower

• Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea (Red Variety)

• Plant Type: Perennial

• Growth Habit: Upright, clump-forming

• Bloom Season: Summer to Early Fall (June – September)

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 – 9

• Light Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade

• Soil Type: Well-drained, moderately fertile soil

• Water Needs: Low to Moderate

• Height: 24 – 36 inches

• Spacing: 12 – 18 inches apart

• Germination Time: 10 – 20 days

• Ideal Sowing Season:

  • Outdoors: Spring (March – May) or Early Fall (September – October)

  • Indoors: 6–8 weeks before the last frost

• Planting Depth: ¼ inch (6 mm)

• Maturity: Blooms in the second year for perennials

• Lifespan: Long-lived perennial