General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 24 inches
Plant Spread: 26 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP23,105; EU PBR35270

Image
Trade name information:
Series: Sombrero®
Trade Name: Salsa Red
Cultivar name: 'Balsomsed'
Common names
  • Coneflower

Photo Gallery
Photo by Snapshot
Photo by Snapshot
Location: My garden in Aurora, Ontario zone 5b Date: 2015-08-01
Photo by Hamwild
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada Date: 2022-08-02 Echinacea Sombrero-Salsa Red,a lovely vibrant red coneflower vari
Date: 2016-08-15
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2014-06-26
Location: New Brunswick, Canada Date: 2018-07-12 First season planting, second bloom
Photo by Hamwild
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga Date: 2019-10-13 Orange Coneflower 011
Location: Grantville, Georgia
Date: 2016-08-15
Location: Zone 6b Date: 2020-07-22
Location: My garden Date: 2019-07-22 First year bloom.
Location: Riverhead, NY Date: 2022-06-17
Date: 2016-08-15
Date: 2014-07-07
Photo by Hamwild
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina Date: 2022-06-27
Location: Medina, TN Date: 2012-08-07 Echinacea Sombrero 'Salsa Red' in front of Aralia 'Sun King'
Location: Eagle Bay, New York Date: 2021-08-13 Echinacea Sombrero Salsa Red
Date: 2023-07-04
Photo by Snapshot
Location: Medina, TN Date: 2012-08-15 Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa Red' Bloom
Photo by clintbrown
Date: 2014-07-07
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A Date: 7/10/15 Echinacea Sombrero Salsa Red
Location: My Cincinnati Ohio garden Date: June 16, 2014 Salsa Red in a garden bed
Location: Kalama, wa
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: New Brunswick, Canada Date: 2018-07-23 First season in the ground, already a fav
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Eagle Bay, New York Date: 2021-08-13 Coneflower (Echinacea Sombrero® Salsa Red)
Location: Nortwest N.J. Date: 2017-07-16
Location: Zone 6b Date: 2020-07-17
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022 Date: 2022-09-06
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina Date: 2022-06-27
Location: My Cincinnati Ohio garden Date: July 3, 2014 Echinacea Salsa Red
Date: 2016-08-15
Date: 2016-08-15
Date: 2014-07-07
Date: 2016-08-15
Date: 2013-07-02
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2014-06-26
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2014-06-26
photo credit: Captain-tucker
Location: Washington Date: 2016-07-25
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI Date: 2014-07-05 My yard, zone 6
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Location: Lowe's Garden Center, MI Date: 2012-07-17
Photo by clintbrown
Date: 2016-08-15
Date: 2016-08-15
Date: 2014-07-07
Date: 2013-07-02
Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Date: 2013-07-02
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2014-06-26 Two 1-gallon pots waiting on the porch to be planted
Location: My garden in Kentucky Date: 2014-06-26
Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
This plant is tagged in:
Image Image Image

Comments:
  • Posted by clintbrown (Medina, TN - Zone 7b) on Aug 10, 2012 12:05 PM concerning plant:
    This plant has a nice fragrance similar to roses.
    Reply to this comment
Plant Events from our members
Anndixon On May 15, 2018 Transplanted
lovesblooms On March 1, 2020 Seeds sown
winter sow
christine2 On May 24, 2021 Obtained plant
2 Horlings
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Coneflowers Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Coneflowers (Echinacea)

« The Coneflowers Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Garden.org Homepage

Help using the site

About

Contact

Terms of Service

Privacy

Memberlist

Acorns

Links

Ask a Question

Getting Started Gardening

Newsletter

© 1972 - 2024 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Pinterest

Facebook

Youtube

Instagram

Linkedin

Today's site banner is by RootedInDirt and is called "Botanical Gardens"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.