Perennial in Zones 3-8
Full Sun
3-5 feet tall
Blooms August to October
Medium to Moist Site
80 seeds per pack, covers 40ft2
Helen's Flower (Helenium autumnale) provides abundant yellow blooms in late summer well into fall. Attracts bees and butterflies, and offers cheery yellow colour long after most other wildflowers have finished blooming.
The other common name, Sneezeweed, is not because it causes allergies (it doesn’t) but because of a traditional medicinal use to grind the dried leaves into a snuff which induces sneezing.
Growing Instructions:
Wet and cold stratification required. Mix seeds with moist substrate (vermiculite, perlite or moss) and place in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 6-8 weeks. Sow seed at 1/8 inch depth. Do not let seedling dry out while it is establishing.
OR
Sow directly outdoors in late fall to overwinter