Panama™ Red Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid ‘Panama™ Red’)

Panama™ Red Coneflower (Echinacea hybrid ‘Panama™ Red’) is a vibrant hardy perennial prized for its bold scarlet-red blooms, compact upright growth habit, and exceptional pollinator appeal. Blooming from mid-summer into fall, this colourful coneflower adds long-lasting prairie-inspired beauty and vivid colour to perennial borders, pollinator gardens, and sunny landscape plantings.

The large daisy-like flowers feature richly coloured red petals surrounding dark cone centres that attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators throughout the blooming season. Its sturdy branching stems provide excellent flower production while maintaining a tidy compact form ideal for smaller gardens, decorative borders, and mixed perennial landscapes.

The deep green foliage forms a dense clump beneath the blooms and offers excellent heat tolerance and drought resistance once established. The flowers also perform well as cut flowers, while mature seed heads may be left standing to provide late-season interest and bird food in autumn and winter gardens.

In Alberta, Panama™ Red Coneflower performs best in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil and moderate watering during establishment. Once mature, it thrives during hot Prairie summers and develops excellent drought tolerance and winter hardiness.