Helenium flexuosum Little Bluestem Pollinators will appreciate the late-season

Pollinators will appreciate the late-season source of nectar and pollen

Named Calico Aster because the flowers mature at different rates

blue-violet flowers with white throats

which are said to taste like walnuts

Helenium flexuosum Little Bluestem Pollinators will appreciate the late-seasonAdd color to the late summer early fall landscape with these perky yellow blooms featuring purplish brown centers. From August through October, Helenium flexuosum attracts songbirds, butterflies, and a variety of pollinators. Helenium is nicknamed Sneezeweednot because it causes hay fever, but because it used to be dried and used as snuff.