| Description | A Sneezeweed with colorful yellow to red flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (hel-EE-nee-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | best in full sun. |
| Moisture | prefers moist sites, tolerates average, will sulk in dry conditions |
| Soil & Site | average, moist to soggy soils, well drained soils |
| Flowers | yellow and red rays with brown centers, yellow rays splashed with red, oranges and golds, up to 2 inches, forms a globular seed head |
| Leaves | mid-green lance-shaped leaves |
| Dimensions | 24-36 inches tall, erect clump |
| Maintenance | May need to be staked or pinch before the end of May to control the height. Dead head to increase the number and length of bloom. Lift and divided every 2-3 years. Cut back plants after flowering |
| Propagation | division, seeds |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a chance seedling in Worcester, United Kingdom, in 1996. |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek word helios (sun). Powdered disk flowers and leaves of the heleniums have in the past been dried and used as snuff, thus giving rise to the common name of Sneezeweed. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #91-The Plant Finders Guide to Daisies (John Sutton) |
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