Every striped flower differs slightly in pattern and colour and appears to shimmer in the border, outshining other drabber heleniums. There are about 40 species of helenium in North and Central ...

Heleniums could be the gardening world’s most unjustly neglected plant. Perhaps it’s the unglamorous common name, sneezeweed – which came about because dried helenium leaves were once used ...

Some maintain that heleniums will work in both a formal and naturalised setting but I’m a bit sceptical about the former. When you consider its best companions are Verbena bonariensis ...

They are essential for any border at this time of year. In fact, heleniums will flower from mid-summer – early ones include ‘Goldfuchs’ and ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’ – right through ...

Plants reach three feet high. “Sombrero,” one of the “Mariachi” dwarf series of heleniums, is pure sunshine yellow with a yellow cone, while “Salsa” is vibrant red and orange.

Thanks to the lingering heatwaves, many gardeners are enjoying an early show of late-summer blooms, writes Hannah Stephenson. I don't know if it's the same for you, but my late-summer blooms ...

Carefully selected orchestra of plants sing as other gardens begin to fade Burnt orange heleniums in TJ Maher's garden Snap dragons I've just had the most invigorating and pride inducing weekend ...

Having recently found a source of ‘affordable' steel plant supports, I'm better able to face our late-summer borders where, hitherto, collapsing campanulas, inulas and heleniums have conspired to ...