Helenium flexuosum Little Bluestem blue-violet flowers with white throats

blue-violet flowers with white throats

this aster is prized more for its use as a striking groundcover than for its fall blooming scattering of  small white daisy-like flowers

Legend has it that the “tick” part of the common name of this plant comes from its method of seed distribution by sticking to animals and clothing the way ticks do

which are said to taste like walnuts

blue flowers in spring and into summer

Helenium flexuosum Little Bluestem blue-violet flowers with white throatsAdd color to the late summer early fall landscape with these perky yellow blooms featuring purplish brown centers. From August through October, Helenium flexuosum attracts songbirds, butterflies, and a variety of pollinators. Helenium is nicknamed Sneezeweednot because it causes hay fever, but because it used to be dried and used as snuff.