General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 16 - 20 inches
Plant Spread: 20 - 23 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red-orange and yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season.
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP 25,977

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Trade name information:
Series: Mariachi™
Trade Name: Fuego
Cultivar name: 'Fuego'
Common names
  • Sneezeweed

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Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2022-08-27
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-08-27
Bloom and friend
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-08-17
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-09-02
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2022-08-27
Just planted, late afternoon, 27Aug2022
Location: Northwest N.J.
Date: 2018-08-21
Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2018-08-07
Location: Kalama, wa
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Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2020-08-12
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-08-26
Colors change as the flowers grow into the season-
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2022-08-27
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 2023-10-02
Location: Northwest NJ
Date: 2017-08-13
Location: Ken's Garden, Intrcourse, PA, soon to be planted in my garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 8/15/15
Helenium Mariachi Fuego
Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2016-08-21
Photo courtesy of Santa Rosa Gardens. Used with permission.
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 2023-10-02
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-08-13
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-08-13
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-08-13
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Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2013-07-06
Location: My North Yorkshire Garden
Date: 2018-07-21
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-09-11
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Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-08-13
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Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2013-07-06
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-09-11
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2017-09-11
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