Purplehead Sneezeweed

Helenium flexuosum

Purplehead Sneezeweed is a perennial for mid-border, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay or loam, flowering Aug, Sep, Oct.

Where to use it in a border

At around 90 cm, it sits best through the middle of a border, between taller structure behind and edging in front. Give it about 45 cm of room to spread, roughly 2 to the metre when planted in a drift. It is hardy across USDA zones 4a to 9b and rated H7 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil, pollinator-friendly plants, pet-safe plants.

Border Builder uses Purplehead Sneezeweed's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• American Spikenardfor height behind it
• Blanket Flower 'Arizona Sun'to edge in front
• Blanketflowerto edge in front
• Bunchberryto edge in front
• Canada Mayflowerto edge in front
• Chokecherryfor height behind it

Garden styles

Meadow Wildlife garden