PlantsFlowers
Showy Sunflower
Helianthus pauciflorus
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A real prairie sunflower, shorter than a sunchoke jungle
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Rhizome
- What to buy
- A plug.
- When to plant
- May or Sep
In the design
Sunny parkway. It spreads, but it is not sunchoke. Lean soil keeps it from flopping onto the sidewalk.
