Yellow Coneflower Live Plant | Ratibida pinnata | Native Pollinator Perennial Starter Plant

Bring long-lasting color and native beauty to your garden with Yellow Coneflower, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its bright golden-yellow blooms, distinctive drooping petals, and exceptional pollinator value. Ratibida pinnata, commonly known as Yellow Coneflower or Gray-Headed Coneflower, is a hardy North American native perennial admired for its tall flower stalks and prominent gray-brown central cones. It is an excellent choice for prairie plantings, pollinator gardens, wildflower meadows, cottage gardens, borders, and naturalized landscapes. With proper care, it produces abundant blooms throughout summer into early fall.

Yellow Coneflower thrives in full sun and well-draining soil. Once established, it is highly drought tolerant and requires little maintenance. Its nectar-rich flowers attract butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators, while the mature seed heads provide a valuable food source for songbirds, including goldfinches. This long-lived native perennial is ideal for gardeners seeking beauty, biodiversity, and resilience.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Yellow Coneflower starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Yellow Coneflower Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Bright golden-yellow drooping petals
• Distinctive gray-brown central cone
• Long summer blooming season
• Excellent native pollinator plant
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects
• Seed heads provide food for songbirds
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Ideal for prairie gardens, borders, and wildflower meadows
• Low-maintenance perennial
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Ratibida pinnata
• Common Name: Yellow Coneflower, Gray-Headed Coneflower
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun
• Growing Media: Well-draining average to sandy soil
• Water: Water regularly during establishment, then water occasionally once established
• Humidity: Adaptable
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 3–9
• Mature Size: Approximately 3–5 feet tall and 1–2 feet wide

🌼 Perfect For

• Pollinator Gardens
• Native Plant Gardens
• Prairie Gardens
• Wildflower Meadows
• Cottage Gardens
• Sunny Borders
• Naturalized Landscapes
• Gifts for Gardeners