Ratibida columnifera Yellow Coneflower

LATIN NAME: Ratibida columnifera

COMMON NAME: Yellow Coneflower

The yellow coneflower is the bright daisy of the prairie, and the drooping, golden rays surround the tall, grey-brown cones. The upright, branching, perennial plant carries the deeply divided leaves and the daisy-like flower heads with the long, drooping, golden-yellow rays and the tall, grey-brown, central cones through the mid-summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the prairie garden. The plant is a fine, generous presence of the middle of the border and the wild patch. It is a plant of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The yellow coneflower is a bright subject of the plant science, and the drooping rays keep showing up in the work on the prairie perennials. The way the plant flowers through the heat of the mid-summer has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the prairie plants, the long-blooming daisies and the members of the daisy family. The deeply divided leaves and the upright, branching habit have also made it a fine garden plant, and the yellow coneflower is a regular subject of the work on the bright prairie daisies of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The yellow coneflower is a fine, generous plant of the prairie garden and the wild patch. The daisy-like heads with the long, drooping, golden-yellow rays and the tall, grey-brown cones open through the mid-summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the border, drawing the bees and the butterflies. The plant stands the heat, the drought and the poor ground with the ease, and it is one of the fine choices for the prairie garden, the wildflower patch and the middle of the sunny border. It has been written about in the horticultural and the ecological papers for the golden rays and the heat-proof ways, and it is a fine, long-lived plant of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.

The yellow coneflower is one of the bright prairie daisies, and the grey-brown cones stand through the heat. The plant draws the bees and the butterflies through the mid-summer.

To grow the yellow coneflower from seed, sow the small, flat seeds on the surface of a tray of fine seed compost, without covering them, keep the tray in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the well-drained ground, the golden rays will open through the mid-summer.

Extending soft yellow rays to the summer sun, this long-blooming and butterfly attracting plant merits a round of applause! Beautiful! Long-headed Coneflower has finely cut foliage with long cylindrical cones, giving it charming character. Sometimes it will bloom in the first year from seed.