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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: to 40 inches after the first year, 24 inches the first year
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: yellow / gold, golden with deeper eye; will bloom in 1st year.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: about 68°F
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • False Sunflower
  • Ox-Eye

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Location: New Hartford, Oneida County, New York
Date: 2022-07-11
False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides 'Prima Ballerina')

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