Helenium autumnale

Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty', early July.

For a burst of late-season color, heleniums offer something different than most other daisy-type flowers with short petals in warm, fall colors and a high, architectural center. A few of these robust perennials bloom as early as June, but most wait until August or September when the rest of the garden is waning. Learn more about the garden hybrids developed from these North American natives in this article…

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Autumn Sneezeweed flowering along the Cold Prong Pond trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway. They prefer moist areas along creeks or in damp meadows or swamps. Its common name comes from a former use of the leaves: They were dried and snuffed to cause sneezing, supposedly to rid the body of evil spirits.

Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed) is an upright, clump-forming perennial bringing weeks of color in late summer and fall when many other perennials are starting to fade. Its erect, branching stems are clothed with slender, lance-shaped, dark green leaves, 6 in. long (15 cm), and topped with eye-catching daisy flowers.

Plant database entry for Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale Mariachi™ Siesta) with 9 images, one comment, and 24 data details.

Helenium autumnale 'Helena Gold' Seed

Our local Eastern species of sneezeweed, which unjustly shares with goldenrod the false accusation of causing hay-fever. Showy flowers are built to draw pollinators, and the pollen must therefore be sticky. The ragweeds are the most serious cause of hay-fever at the time these bloom. This species has been crossed with a few other Helenium spp., resulting in hybrids exhibiting colors ranging from yellow through brick red.

New dwarf Helenium with deep red flowers. Plants remain compact and flowers are held nicely above the foliage, excellent branching for continuous bloom all summer.