SOMBRERO® 'Salsa Red' Echinacea | Creekside Champions™
Features
Characteristics
Plant Needs
About Creekside Champions™
Each Creekside Champion plant is hand-selected for its exceptional beauty, resilience, and proven garden performance. Grown with care by our family and backed by generations of expertise, these plants embody trust, quality, and the joy of cultivating something truly special. Confident, dependable, and naturally stunning — Creekside Champions™ are made to thrive. Family Grown. Proven Performance.
Echinacea SOMBRERO® ‘Salsa Red’ (Coneflower)
Echinacea SOMBRERO® ‘Salsa Red’ turns up the heat in the summer garden with vibrant, spicy orange-red blooms and rich orange-brown cones. A standout in the SOMBRERO® Series, this variety produces full, overlapping petals that create a bold, polished look on sturdy, well-branched plants. Freely blooming from early through late summer, it provides continuous color and a reliable food source for pollinators and birds alike.
Like all SOMBRERO® varieties, ‘Salsa Red’ is compact, uniform, and easy to grow — thriving in full sun and well-drained soil. It requires no vernalization to flower and is both heat and drought tolerant once established. The dried seed heads add striking texture and visual interest in the winter landscape while feeding goldfinches and other birds.
Why It’s a Creekside Champion™:
We love SOMBRERO® ‘Salsa Red’ for its bold, fiery color, tidy habit, and long-lasting blooms that keep pollinators happy and gardens glowing all season.
Details:
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Bloom Color: Spicy Orange-Red with Orange-Brown Cone
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Foliage Color: Green
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Height: 18–24"
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Spread: 22–24"
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Spacing: 18–24"
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Exposure: Full Sun
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USDA Hardiness Zones: 4–9
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Characteristics: Long Blooming, Fragrant, Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant, Attracts Pollinators, Easy Care, Winter Interest
Photos courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc & Ball Horticultural Company
Characteristics
Plant Needs
About Creekside Champions™
Each Creekside Champion plant is hand-selected for its exceptional beauty, resilience, and proven garden performance. Grown with care by our family and backed by generations of expertise, these plants embody trust, quality, and the joy of cultivating something truly special. Confident, dependable, and naturally stunning — Creekside Champions™ are made to thrive. Family Grown. Proven Performance.
Echinacea SOMBRERO® ‘Salsa Red’ (Coneflower)
Echinacea SOMBRERO® ‘Salsa Red’ turns up the heat in the summer garden with vibrant, spicy orange-red blooms and rich orange-brown cones. A standout in the SOMBRERO® Series, this variety produces full, overlapping petals that create a bold, polished look on sturdy, well-branched plants. Freely blooming from early through late summer, it provides continuous color and a reliable food source for pollinators and birds alike.
Like all SOMBRERO® varieties, ‘Salsa Red’ is compact, uniform, and easy to grow — thriving in full sun and well-drained soil. It requires no vernalization to flower and is both heat and drought tolerant once established. The dried seed heads add striking texture and visual interest in the winter landscape while feeding goldfinches and other birds.
Why It’s a Creekside Champion™:
We love SOMBRERO® ‘Salsa Red’ for its bold, fiery color, tidy habit, and long-lasting blooms that keep pollinators happy and gardens glowing all season.
Details:
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Bloom Color: Spicy Orange-Red with Orange-Brown Cone
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Foliage Color: Green
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Height: 18–24"
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Spread: 22–24"
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Spacing: 18–24"
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Exposure: Full Sun
-
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4–9
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Characteristics: Long Blooming, Fragrant, Drought Tolerant, Deer Resistant, Attracts Pollinators, Easy Care, Winter Interest
Photos courtesy of Walters Gardens, Inc & Ball Horticultural Company
