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Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale · Perennial
Sneezeweed is a perennial, hardy in USDA zones 3-8, that matures to about 3–5 ft × 2–3 ft. It does best in full sun with high water needs in standing-water, moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect brown, yellow and orange blooms in summer and fall. It attracts butterflies, pollinators and small mammals, stands up well to deer and poor soil and rabbits.
- USDA zones
- 3-8
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft × 2–3 ft
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Standing-water, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Brown, Yellow, Orange
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Pollinators, Small mammals, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Poor soil, Rabbits, Wet soil
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- North America
Will it survive your winters?
We score Sneezeweed’s freeze-trouble range against the real coldest nights your area has recorded.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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