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.
