Ratabida pinnata, Yellow Coneflower, quart or gallon pot

Ratibida pinnata, Yellow Coneflower

FS-PS, blooms July-Aug., 3-5’ x 1.5 - 2’, Sandy to loamy clay, dry to medium wet, deer resistant.

Yellow Coneflower is native to dry prairies and savannas. It has stiff and rough-feeling coarse leaves, and showy yellow flowers which have droopy soft yellow rays. The cone-like green centers eventually change to a dark purple or brown. It grows and transplants very easily, is drought-tolerant, and makes an excellent cut flower.

Attracts native bees, honey bees, butterflies and is the larval host plant of the Wavy Lined Emerald Moth. It also attracts two beneficial insects tat are both predators—Syrphid Flies and parasitoids, which help to keep your garden in balance. Disc flowers open from the bottom up, offering pollen first.