Salud Embers common sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale 'Salud Embers'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moist to wet soil
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Salud Embers' common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale 'Salud Embers') is a perennial for pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, meadows, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and moist to wet, clay soil. It grows in a clump and draws butterflies, bees, and birds. Deer and rabbits rarely make it their first choice.
Pairs well with Little bluestem, White phlox, and Allegheny monkeyflower.