{"product_id":"helenium-mardi-gras","title":"Helenium 'Mardi Gras'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🎉\u003c\/strong\u003eIt's time to party!\u003cstrong\u003e🎉\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlant Helenium 'Mardi Gras' for a spectacular multicolored festival in the garden! Jazz up your beds with flowers filled with extravagantly decorated yellow, orange, and red petals surrounding rounded, deep brown cones on sturdy, low maintenance plants. Flowers up to 2\" on tall stems attract many pollinators, and are excellent \u003cstrong\u003ecut flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese compact, clumping perennials have long bloom times once established, up to 6-8 weeks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePlant them in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003emasses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003edrifts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e for a riot of color! Use them in containers for colorful accent plants. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for \u003cstrong\u003eButterfly Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCottage Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eCutting Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNative Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMoist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWildflower\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMeadows\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePollinator Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRain Gardens\u003c\/strong\u003e, and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🦋\u003c\/strong\u003eAttracts butterflies and bees. \u003cstrong\u003eWe have this planted in our Pollinator Garden\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e🦌\u003cstrong\u003eHerbivore resistant\u003c\/strong\u003e! Deer and rabbits tend to avoid these plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeadhead to encourage reblooming. They are adapted to low nutrient soils. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull sun. They prefer moist, well-draining soil and can handle wet soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e36-40\"T x 24-36\"W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZones 4-8, cold hardy down to -30F.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e💚\u003cstrong\u003ePlant Nerd\u003c\/strong\u003e: Heleniums are named in honor of Helen of Troy, athough modern scholars aren't certain why, since these plants are from North and South America and nowhere near the Mediterranean. They are in the Asteracea family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelenium 'Mardi Gras' is a mix between two unidentified Heleniums, discovered by Bob Brown, of Cotswold Garden Flowers, England in 1996. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeleniums have many common names, including Sneezeweed, which has nothing to do with allergies (a common assumption), and everything to do with an old practice of turning these plants into snuff. They were then used to induce sneezing, in order to dispel bad spirits. Be sure to share this fact at the next party you attend!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlants that commonly cause allergies due to pollen tend to be wind-pollinated. They have small pollen grains, that are designed to be easily carried on the wind. Helenium is insect-pollinated, and has the larger, heavier pollen grains associated with insect-pollinated plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther common names include Autumn Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Dog-Tooth Daisy, False Sunflower, Helen's Flower. In Wisconsin, the \u003cspan\u003eMenominee Indians call Helenium plants \"aiatci'a ni'tcîkûn,\" which means \"sneezing spasmodically\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelenium Mardi Gras (‘Helbro’) USPP#15124\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reems Creek Nursery","offers":[{"title":"1 Gallon","offer_id":49057134477563,"sku":"4082","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/4868\/4539\/files\/helenium-mardi-gras1.jpg?v=1783529765","url":"https:\/\/reems-creek-nursery.myshopify.com\/products\/helenium-mardi-gras","provider":"Reems Creek Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}