Helenium autumnale
(Helen’s flower, sneezeweed)
(Helen’s flower, sneezeweed)
Category: Herbaceous Plants
Photo Credits: Steven N. Rodie
Height: 36 – 72 inches
Spread: 30 inches
Location: Bottom, Sides
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
stake or cage plants to reduce flopping; shorter, more compact hybrids and cultivars with greater bloom color variety are available; maintain consistent moisture
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Wet or Medium
This plant prefers Loam or Clay soil.
This plant DOES have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
erect, mound-forming; stems unbranched
Foliage
dark green; medium texture
Flowers
compound, with small notched yellow rays and a round, dull, yellow raised disk; July-October