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Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’


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Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' is an excellent border perennial with four foot tall stems topped with pale yellow daisies in summer.


Description:
Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' was much sought after at the nursery in our old yellow border. It is a tall late bloomer with three inch wide lovely pale yellow flowers with warmer yellow centres. Exactly what you need at the back of the border towards the end of summer. A selection of a naturally occuring hybrid of H. pauciflorus var. subrhomboideus x Helianthus tuberosus.


Common Name: Perennial Sunflower

Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)

Zone Hardiness: 4-9

Light: Full Sun

Height: 4-6'

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow

Secondary Bloom Colour:

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Summer - Fall

Soil Moisture: Average

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries: No

Benefits: Butterflies, Bees

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Rich and damp thickets (H. tuberosus parent). Mesic to dry black soil prairies, gravel prairies, sand prairies, hill prairies, limestone glades, and areas along railroads (H. pauciflorus parent) .

Award: AGM

Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

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