Echinacea purpurea 'Red Knee High'

ëRed Knee High it noted for its long summer to fall bloom of intensely colored coneflowers featuring showy magenta red rays drooping from prominent copper-orange to bronze center cones. These flowers bloom abundantly atop compact, knee-high stems rising to only 18\ tall. 'Red Knee High' is a sport of the popular E. purpurea 'Kim's Knee High' (see V630 herein) which has pink rays. Flower stems are clad with coarsely-toothed, dark green leaves (to 6î long). Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, are oft... more »

ëRed Knee High it noted for its long summer to fall bloom of intensely colored coneflowers featuring showy magenta red rays drooping from prominent copper-orange to bronze center cones. These flowers bloom abundantly atop compact, knee-high stems rising to only 18\ tall. 'Red Knee High' is a sport of the popular E. purpurea 'Kim's Knee High' (see V630 herein) which has pink rays. Flower stems are clad with coarsely-toothed, dark green leaves (to 6î long). Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, are often visited by goldfinches that perch on or just below the blackened cones to feed on the seeds. Echinacea comes from the Greek word ìechinosî meaning hedgehog in reference to the flowers spiny center cone. U. S. Plant Patent Applied for (PPAF)." (less)