Helenium 'Septemberfuchs'
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 2m
Width - 60cm or more
Location - The East Border, The Hot Garden
Description: Clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with an upright habit and mid-green, lanceolate foliage. Daisy-like flowers with slightly reflexed, orange-red petals flecked with yellow, and a brown central cone are produced on tall, branched stems from late summer into autumn. Excellent for use as cut flowers.
Flower:
Daisy-like flowers are composed of orange-red ray florets (petals) with notched tips and flecks of yellow. The ray florets surround a brown central cone of disc florets. Flowers are produced in August and September, possibly into October in a favourable season.
Flower colour: Red, yellow
Flower shape: Daisy-like flowers, disc and ray florets
Flowering time: August, September
Foliage:
Mid-green, lanceolate leaves are produced on tall, upright stems that branch towards the tips.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Pest and Diseases:
Protect young growth from slugs and snails in the spring.
Propagation:
Cuttings, division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.