Northeast Gardening: Helenium, is it worth growing?, 1 by nutsfordaylily

nutsfordaylily wrote:
I have a helenium that did very well for me this year. i just loved it, so I bought another one in yellow. They grow quite tall and get lots of flowers. Yes, they do bloom late, but I like to have late season color. Nice to have something blooming when everything else is slowing down.

JoAnn, I have that Persicaria 'Red Dragon'. It's a nice one. Really sprawls and blooms little white blossoms very late in the season. Foliage is the big show on that one. I also bought Brunerra 'Jack Frost' this year as well. Love it!

Here is a picture of my Helenium, which is in a dry/full sun garden that I put in this year, my crowning achievement of the year. I had blooms all summer in that garden with salvias, coreopsis, gaillardias, marigolds, daylilies, agastaches, rudbeckias, echinaceas, etc.

Karen