Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up view of red helenium flower As summer wanes, so do the blooms on our favorite flowers, leaving us grasping for the last ...

Q. A friend suggested I plant a perennial called Helen’s Flower in my garden. Can you tell me more about it? A. Helen’s Flower (Helenium autumnale) is a perennial native to the U.S. It is also ...

July, the height of summer. With the arrival of July we leave behind the lushness of May and June and enter into full summer and a change of colour palette. Early summer is all soft pinks, fresh ...

Throughout history, physicians and healers have used sneeze-inducing plants for therapeutic purposes, including powders made from black pepper, coriander, tobacco snuff, and even toxic white hellebore ...

The flower's central disc is normally brown for the red-brown and orange kinds, and yellow for the pure yellow sorts. An interesting feature of helenium is the pattern of variation in the flowers of ...

Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. We grow many heleniums at Longmeadow, in the Jewel Garden, Grass Borders and Damp Garden. With their rich ...