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Helenium flexuosum 'Tiny Dancer' (purple-headed sneezeweed)

Helenium flexuosum 'Tiny Dancer'

purple-headed sneezeweed

This great floriferous native is very attractive in the garden and in flower arrangements. Its delightful brown spherical cones are surrounded by a flowing fringe of bright yellow reflexed petals looking like hundreds of yellow skirted dancers in motion. The foliage is compact and bushy. Tolerant of a wide variety of conditions, H. flexuosum blooms from mid-summer into fall. Native from Massachusettes to Florida.

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Height

18-36 Inches

Spread

12-18 Inches

Bloom Color

Yellow

USDA Hardiness Zone 4-10

purple-headed sneezeweed Interesting Notes

Sneezeweed is a natural rabbit repellant.

Helenium flexuosum 'Tiny Dancer' Growing and Maintenance Tips

Grow in full sun or partial shade in average to moist soils. Tolerant of a variety of garden conditions, but prefers not to be in a very dry location.

Good Substitutions

Helenium 'Mardi Gras'

Helenium autumnale Mariachi™ 'Salsa'

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Key Characteristics & Attributes

Full Sun

Moist

Pollinator-friendly

Deer Resistant

Cut Flower

Summer

Additional Information

Soil Moisture Needs

•

Average

Green Infrastructure

•	Bioretention/Rain Garden

Plug Type

•	Horticultural Plug

For Animals

•	Caution: Toxic

Attributes

•	Native to North America

Season of Interest (Flowering)

•	Late Summer
•	Fall

Propagation Type

•	Seed cultivar