30 Seeds Yellow Crownbeard Verbesina helianthoides Native Wildflower

Yellow Crownbeard is a handsome North American native wildflower in the aster family, closely related to sunflowers and prized for its bright golden-yellow blooms. Plants form upright, bushy clumps with coarse, lance-shaped green foliage and produce daisy-like flowers with prominent yellow centers from mid to late summer. This species is a natural fit for meadow plantings, pollinator gardens, wildflower borders, and naturalized areas, bringing warm color and a relaxed prairie feel to the landscape.
Yellow Crownbeard works well massed in the middle or back of a border, mixed into native plant gardens, or seeded into meadows and open spaces. The flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies, and the seed heads that follow can feed birds into autumn. Once established, plants are fairly drought tolerant and low maintenance, thriving in full sun and well-drained to average soils. Allow seed heads to mature for self-sowing or collect them for future plantings.
Species: Verbesina helianthoides
Type: Herbaceous perennial wildflower
Plant Habit: Upright, clump-forming
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Soil: Average, well-drained
Days to Harvest: Not applicable
Zones: 4-8
Germination: Cold stratification recommended
Sowing: Surface sow, lightly press into soil
Spacing: 18-24 inches
Notes: Native wildflower; blooms mid to late summer