200 Pcs  (FL129) Mexican Hat Sunflower Seeds- RATIBIDA COLUMNIFERA Perennial Deer Resistant Flower

Mexican Hat is the mahogany-red colored form of Prairie Coneflower that blooms from mid-summer into fall. A good naturalizing wildflower, it attracts bees and butterflies. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).

Ratibida (Ratibida Columnifera Mexican Hat) - Mexican Hat is a fast-growing wildflower that is not fussy about soils and is easy to grow from Ratibida seeds. The flowers are showy and have a unique look! The blooms are sombrero-shaped, with red to yellow petals drooping down, and a central brownish red cone.

Plant Spacing:

18 inches

USDA Zones:

3 - 9

Temperature:

65F (18 C)

Planting Guides

Growing Ratibida (Prairie Coneflower)

Ratibida (Prairie Coneflower) are a showy group of summer-blooming native wildflowers. These xeric perennials provide seed for seed-eating songbirds. These plants are deer resistant.

Preferred growing conditions:

• They grow easily in all types of soil including dry clay. (i,e, clay soil in high spots, hillsides, raised beds).

• Prairie Coneflower benefits from mulching in hot, dry climates and is amenable to most common types of mulch including crushed gravel in xeriscapes.

• They are xeric (waterwise) and after becoming well established during their second growing season do best with deep but infrequent watering.

• Plant in full, hot sun

• Just a few handfuls of compost and Yum Yum Mix in the planting hole is enough. It’s not necessary to plant into a rich, highly amended soil.

Special comments:

• Deadhead to prolong blooming. But be sure to leave some seed heads to ripen as Prairie Coneflower are good plants for naturalizing and re-seed themselves when happy.

Garden care:

• Fertilize Ratibida once in fall with Yum Yum Mix and Planters II.

• Leave them standing over the winter months to provide a source of seed for seed eating songbirds. Cut back to 1-2” above the ground in early to mid-spring.