Botanical Name | Helenium autumnale Mariachi™ ‘Fuego' USPP#25977 |
Mature Height | 2 Feet |
Mature Width | 1.5 Feet |
Light Requirement | Full Sun |
Hardiness Zone | Zones 3-9 |
Tolerance | Rabbit, Deer, Poor Soil |
Attracts | Pollinators, Hummingbirds |
ℹ Helenium 'Fuego' from the mariachi series of heleniums, is an exceptional North American native hybrid perennial. Sporting masses of lightly ruffled and extremely showy echinacea like multicolored blooms in shades fiery red, orange and yellow with dark chocolate cones, Fuego creates a stark contrast which always turns heads in the landscape! A larval host plant for the Dainty Sulphur Butterfly and an important nectar source for Monarchs and other butterflies, this Monarch Way Station plant also provides special value to native bees. A win, win plant, this high value specimen will provide immense beauty while supporting native beneficial pollinators in your area. This virtually maintenance free plant is also heat, poor soil, deer, rabbit and cold tolerant. You really can't go wrong with planting Helenium Fuego in your garden!!