Description
Scientific name: Ratibita pinnata
Range: Native to the Keweenaw
Light: Sun, Partial Sun
Soil: Loam, Sand, Clay
Moisture: Medium, Medium-Dry, Dry
Benefits: Birds, Pollinators, Bees, Butterflies, Deer Resistant
Height: 5′
Blooms: July, August, September
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Spacing: 18″-24″
Root: Fibrous
Super easy to grow, super nifty with its high-up shuttlecock flowers that wave back and forth in the breeze. Fair warning: those long, graceful stems do tend to flop, so you probably shouldn’t plant them alongside a pathway. Try tucking them behind sturdy customers like purple coneflower.
Gray-headed coneflower is drought-tolerant, always a plus with our unpredictable summers. With stiff and rough-feeling coarse leaves, it is deer resistant and commonly found in prairies, thickets and woodland edges.
