Rose Coneflower
Isopogon formosus (PROTEACEAE)
Planting and Growing Rose Coneflower
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow rose coneflower in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, fruit, and nutlike seeds of rose coneflower
- Growing conditions for rose coneflower
- When and where to plant rose coneflower
- How to plant rose coneflower
- How to shape, prune and control growth of rose coneflower
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of rose coneflower
- Landscape uses of rose coneflower
- Pest and disease control for rose coneflower
Growing Rose Coneflower
Several cultivars of slow-growing, erect, narrow, evergreen shrubs, 4–8 ft. (1.2–2.4 m) tall and 3–5 ft. (90–150 cm) wide, with shiny, featherlike, deep green, stiff, narrow, flat, deeply divided leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, with branching leaflets, to 1 in. (25 mm) long.
Broad-Leaved Drumsticks, Isopogon anemonifolius, is a closely related species.
Rose Coneflower Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Showy, conelike, pink, purple, rose flowers, to 3 in. (75 mm) wide, on short stalks growing from leaf junctions with stalks, in late winter or early spring, form hairy, nutlike fruit bearing seed in early summer.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 8–11. Tender.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp to dry, well-drained, sandy soil. Fertility: Average. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full to filtered sun. Space 3–4 ft. (90–120 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Drought tolerant. Fertilize every 2 months with 5–0–10 formulated fertilizer. Prune growth buds to stimulate flower buds, retain compact form. Protect from heat, sun in hot-summer climates. Propagate by cuttings, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, beds, borders, containers, screens, walls in arid, seaside gardens. Pest and disease resistant.