Perennials: Love these Helianthus, 1 by brendak654

brendak654 wrote:
I'm enjoying your Helianthus pictures.

To the best of my knowledge this also is a Helianthus. Just not sure which one, as it was given to me in a little clump of dirt a few years back. A really wimpy little start. I kept it in the shade for a year or so then decided it needed sun. Indeed it did. It doesn't spread by seed, but by root. All the abundance of rain we had this June/July caused it to flop with all the heavy blooms, so I ended up cutting it back to about 8 inches. It gets about 8 or so feet tall.