'Sun King' Aralia

'Sun King' Aralia

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Price: $18.99

Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Common Name: False Sunflower, Sunflower Heliopsis

One of the more popular perennials in the Proven Winners® program has been Heliopsis 'Tuscan Sun', and now there is a companion to go with it. Sunny yellow flowers have golden centers and matching eyes. The flowers of TUSCAN GOLD™ are a little more yellow and larger than the flowers than 'Tuscan Sun'. This exciting new selection boasts a compact, upright habit with dark green leaves that resist powdery mildew. A perfect flower for bouquets.

Heliopsis have traditionally been an excellent tall perennial for the middle or back of the flower border. It has a bushy, well-branched form and glossy, deep green, triangular leaves – a real workhorse in the garden! Use this plant in combination containers, as a cut flower, or to attract butterflies to your garden.

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Perennial

Garden Height:

30 - 36 Inches

Spacing:

30 - 36 Inches

Spread:

30 - 36 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Yellow

Flower Colors:

White

Flower Shade:

White

Foliage Shade:

Bright Golden Yellow to Chartreuse

Habit:

Mounded

Container Role:

Filler

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Part Shade to Shade

Bloom Time:

Late Summer, Mid Summer

Hardiness Zones:

3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average, Needs Good Drainage

Soil PH Category:

Acidic Soil, Neutral Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Focal Point, Landscape, Mass Planting, Specimen

Light Requirement:

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Notes:

This unique perennial grows best in part to light shade, though if given consistent moisture it can also grow in full sun. It prefers richly organic, deep loamy soil that is moist but well-drained. This plant is not drought tolerant. It typically dies back to the ground in winter and re-emerges in spring to quickly form a shrub-like clump.

'Sun King' Aralia cordata

Common Name: False Sunflower, Sunflower Heliopsis

One of the more popular perennials in the Proven Winners® program has been Heliopsis 'Tuscan Sun', and now there is a companion to go with it. Sunny yellow flowers have golden centers and matching eyes. The flowers of TUSCAN GOLD™ are a little more yellow and larger than the flowers than 'Tuscan Sun'. This exciting new selection boasts a compact, upright habit with dark green leaves that resist powdery mildew. A perfect flower for bouquets.

Heliopsis have traditionally been an excellent tall perennial for the middle or back of the flower border. It has a bushy, well-branched form and glossy, deep green, triangular leaves – a real workhorse in the garden! Use this plant in combination containers, as a cut flower, or to attract butterflies to your garden.

Plant Type:

Perennial

Garden Height:

30 - 36 Inches

Spacing:

30 - 36 Inches

Spread:

30 - 36 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Yellow

Flower Colors:

White

Flower Shade:

White

Foliage Shade:

Bright Golden Yellow to Chartreuse

Habit:

Mounded

Container Role:

Filler

Light Requirement:

Part Shade to Shade

Bloom Time:

Late Summer, Mid Summer

Hardiness Zones:

3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b

Water Category:

Average, Needs Good Drainage

Soil PH Category:

Acidic Soil, Neutral Soil

Uses:

Border Plant, Focal Point, Landscape, Mass Planting, Specimen

Light Requirement:

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Notes:

This unique perennial grows best in part to light shade, though if given consistent moisture it can also grow in full sun. It prefers richly organic, deep loamy soil that is moist but well-drained. This plant is not drought tolerant. It typically dies back to the ground in winter and re-emerges in spring to quickly form a shrub-like clump.

'Sun King' Aralia cordata

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