Helenium

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Bold flowers attract butterflies and are excellent for late-season color in the garden or bouquet. Striking mixed with coreopsis and ornamental grass. This plant thrives in hot summers. Remove spent flowers to encourage rebloom. Fertile, moist well-drained soil is ideal.

Companion Plants

Gayfeather

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Gayfeather

Large, impressive flower spikes are outstanding cut or dried flowers and a magnet for butterflies. Attractive planted with rudbeckia, echinacea or phlox. Blossoms open from top of spike; simply remove spike tips to trim away faded flowers.

Beard-Tongue

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Beard-Tongue

Striking long-blooming flowers attract hummingbirds. Compact growth is well-suited for garden's edge, rock gardens or for delightful bouquets. Lovely planted with cranesbill, yarrow and lamb's ear. Remove faded flowers to promote rebloom.

Feather Reed Grass

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Feather Reed Grass

Beautifully variegated grass is lovely in the perennial garden, landscape, or at water's edge. Mauve spikes dry to a buff color and are excellent as dried flowers or left on the plant for winter interest. Forms neat clumps that are ideal for small gardens.

Details

Common name

Helenium

Botanical name

Helenium

Variety

Mardi Gras

Zone

USDA 4 - 8

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Bloom color

Orange

Bloom time

summer-fall

Light

sun

Height

24-36" (61-91 cm)

Habit

clumping

Water

weekly during dry spells

Feed

not recommended

Maintenance

divide every 3 to 5 years