Verbesina Encelioides
Golden Crownbeard
eastern North America. It can grow to 8' tall, and usually has a winged stem The lower surface of its leaves is a lighter green colour with white hairs along the veins. It bears bright yellow flowers with drooping, reflexed petals in the late Summer to early Autumn. The flowers are attractive to many species of bees and butterflies, particularly bumblebees, and its seeds are attractive to native birds. Encelioides - Golden Crownbeard - is a flowering perennial native to many parts of the United States and Mexico. It has stems and younger leaves that are covered in fine white hairs, that give them a grey-green appearance. The leaves are egg-shaped or triangular with toothed edges, and the flowers look like small (2.5-5 cm across) sunflowers. it has greyish-brown 'seeds' (5-8 mm long) that have two pale coloured 'wing's with two fine bristles
Contributed by @treefrog44
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Golden Crownbeard
Latin name
Verbesina Encelioides
type
Perennial
family
Asteraceae
ph
6.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
1.60 M
Verbesina Encelioides
eastern North America. It can grow to 8' tall, and usually has a winged stem The lower surface of its leaves is a lighter green colour with white hairs along the veins. It bears bright yellow flowers with drooping, reflexed petals in the late Summer to early Autumn. The flowers are attractive to many species of bees and butterflies, particularly bumblebees, and its seeds are attractive to native birds. Encelioides - Golden Crownbeard - is a flowering perennial native to many parts of the United States and Mexico. It has stems and younger leaves that are covered in fine white hairs, that give them a grey-green appearance. The leaves are egg-shaped or triangular with toothed edges, and the flowers look like small (2.5-5 cm across) sunflowers. it has greyish-brown 'seeds' (5-8 mm long) that have two pale coloured 'wing's with two fine bristles
Flowering
From Late Summer TO Mid Autumn
Verbesina alternifolia flowers every year in the late summer to mid autumn months, and will produce bright yellow flowers.
Propagating by seed in Autumn
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Sow seeds in Autumn just below the surface of the soil.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in moist, fertile soil in a sunny site
Propagating by seed in Spring
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
If sowing the seed in Spring, first mix the seeds with damp sand, and store in the refrigerator for a month before sowing. After sowing, keep the soil moist until germination
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