Echinacea 'Firebird'

ëFirebird is a shuttlecock-shaped coneflower featuring reflexed (downward sloping) bright scarlet red rays and large, mounded, dark orange-brown cones. It grows in a clump to 30-36\ tall and to 18\" wide on sturdy well-branched stems that do not need staking. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Dark green leaves (to 7î long) are lanceolate to broadly lanceolate. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones are often vi... more »

ëFirebird is a shuttlecock-shaped coneflower featuring reflexed (downward sloping) bright scarlet red rays and large, mounded, dark orange-brown cones. It grows in a clump to 30-36\ tall and to 18\" wide on sturdy well-branched stems that do not need staking. Flowers bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Dark green leaves (to 7î long) are lanceolate to broadly lanceolate. Good fresh cut or dried flower. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones are often visited by goldfinches or other birds that 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)