Helenium Rubinzwerg (Sneezeweed)
Award-winner Helenium ‘Rubinzwerg’ features masses of cheerful rich mahogany red daisylike flowers that surround a green disk that matures to dark chocolate and opens with a rim of golden anthers.
Compact and densely branched, award-winner Helenium 'Rubinzwerg' features masses of cheerful rich mahogany red daisylike flowers that surround a green disk that matures to dark chocolate and opens with a rim of golden anthers.
- This fabulous perennial provides weeks of splashes of color, from midsummer to fall, when many other perennials are starting to fade.
- Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
- Grows up to 30-36 in. tall (75-90 cm) and spreads 18-24 in. wide (45-60 cm)
- Looks stunning planted in mass, mixes beautifully with ornamental grasses or any other perennial plants. Well suited for borders, cottage gardens or naturalistic areas such as prairies or meadows.
- Very attractive as cut flowers, it has a good resistance to most insects and diseases, attracts butterflies and deer ignore it!
- A full sun lover, it is very hardy and has average, medium to wet, well-drained soils. Prefers rich, moist soils and hates dry soils. Regular watering maters for profuse blossoms!
- Deadheading will extend the flowering season. Once flowering has ceased and the plant has died back the stems should be cut down.
Requirements
| Hardiness | 3 – 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones | 1 – 8 |
| Climate Zones | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 |
| Plant Type | Perennials |
| Plant Family | Helenium – Sneezeweeds |
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest | Summer (Mid,Late)Fall |
| Height | 2' – 3' (60cm – 90cm) |
| Spread | 1' – 2' (30cm – 60cm) |
| Spacing | 18″ – 24″ (45cm – 60cm) |
| Water Needs | Average |
| Maintenance | Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Clay Soil, Deer, Rabbit, Wet Soil |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Garden Uses | Beds and Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow |








