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Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Ratibida columnifera f. pulcherrima 'Red Midget' syn. Ratibida columnifera 'Red Midget'

 

Upright Prairie Coneflower 'Red Midget'

Ratibida is a group of plants within the Aster family, Asteraceae. They are commonly referred to as Prairie Coneflowers and are native to parts of North America. Specifically Ratibida columnifera (known as the Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat Plant) can be found from North Mexico right up through to Canada. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, producing finely cut leaves, and from early summer through to autumn it produces large flowers on branching stems, each with an upright central cone surrounded by a number of ray florets usually of brown/red colouration with yellow tips. Although a perennial, it is sometimes grown as an annual and can easily be raised each year from seed. This makes an excellent plant for prairie style gardens. 'Red Midget' is a compact dwarf form with primarily brown-red florets and a very thin yellow margin.

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plant Features
  • Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Upright Prairie Coneflower 'Red Midget'

Latin name

Ratibida columnifera f. pulcherrima 'Red Midget' syn. Ratibida columnifera 'Red Midget'

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Asteraceae

ph

6.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Upright Prairie Coneflower Red Midget is 0.25meters x 0.40meters 0.25 M 0.40 M

Ratibida columnifera f. pulcherrima 'Red Midget' syn. Ratibida columnifera 'Red Midget'

Ratibida is a group of plants within the Aster family, Asteraceae. They are commonly referred to as Prairie Coneflowers and are native to parts of North America. Specifically Ratibida columnifera (known as the Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat Plant) can be found from North Mexico right up through to Canada. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, producing finely cut leaves, and from early summer through to autumn it produces large flowers on branching stems, each with an upright central cone surrounded by a number of ray florets usually of brown/red colouration with yellow tips. Although a perennial, it is sometimes grown as an annual and can easily be raised each year from seed. This makes an excellent plant for prairie style gardens. 'Red Midget' is a compact dwarf form with primarily brown-red florets and a very thin yellow margin.


Planting young plants

From Late Autumn TO Early Spring

Ratibida will grow in any well cultivated and well drained garden soil in an open and sunny site. All perennial species and taller annual species require staking in exposed positions. Plant perennial varieties in late autumn or spring. On dry soils, mulch with peat or decayed manure early in spring unless height restriction of taller varieties is wanted.

 
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