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Sign up freeHelenium autumnale
NA native with vivid daisy-like flowers in red, orange, and yellow. Vital late-season food source for bees and hoverflies. "Chelsea chop" in early summer prevents staking.
🌼 Beneficial companion — draws Hoverflies, Ladybirds, Lacewings that help control Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips, Spider mites on neighbouring plants.
Echinacea purpurea
flowerA fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Sneezeweed
Start Sneezeweed indoors about 8 weeks before your last frost. Seeds usually come up in around 14 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in full sun, spaced about 45 cm apart. Expect the first blooms in roughly 120 days.
Water: Medium · Height: 120 cm · Soil: Moist, well-draining, fertile