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HELENIUM 'Moerheim Beauty'
Commonly known as Helen's flower, Sneeze weed
Rich red-brown flowers growing to around 3 feet
Further Reading....
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- Description
- Mature Size
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- Goes Well With
- Planting Combinations
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Brown or black - rich red brown
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Height - 90cm (36in)
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Spread - 60cm (24in)
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch. - upright, clump=forming perennial with branched, winged stems and ovate to lance-shaped, toothed leaves 10-15cm (4-6in) long. Flowerheads 5-8cm (2-3in) across.
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Very hardy - Hardy in the severest continental climates including exposed upland locations in the UK. Plant can withstand temperatures < -20 (-4°F)
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Full sun
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Harmful if eaten - These will give you an upset tummy, so please don't eat any of these.
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May cause skin allergy or irritant - Having skin or eye contact with these plants could result in an allergic reaction, burning or rash.
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Additional Features - Good to know - - wildlife plant. Attractive to insects. Dead heading will prolong flowering
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Pests & Diseases - leaf spot
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Place of origin - garden origin. Netherlands. 1930
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Hardiness - Fully hardy -
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Seasonal Interest - Autumn -
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Summer
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Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil -
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Wildlife - Bee friendly -
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Butterfly friendly
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Rabbit Resistant
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Helenium - Care Guide
Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
90cm (36in)
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60cm (24in) |








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