|
| Opening Times |
| Fairs & Shows |
|
Plants: |
Click to see details of:
|
Helenium Pumilum Magnificum (Amos Perry c1895) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Grown in gardens
since the late 1890's when it
was introduced by Amos Perry Senior from his famous nursery at Winchmore
Hill, Enfield, Middlesex this deep yellow variety flowers from late June,
and grows to 2ft 6in / 75cm tall. The plant was already popular by 1900 when Sir Trevor
Lawrence exhibited a vase of cut flowers at an RHS show. In 1905 Bunyard's
exhibited it at the RHS Summer Show at
Helenium pumilum is an old name for H. autumnale. However I'd say this plant is not directly descended from Helenium autumnale or Helenium flexuosum since Pumilum Magnificum spreads by new shoots arising from the roots a short distance from the mother plant and I have only ever seen this on plants descended from Helenium bigelovii. The name "Pumilum" means "dwarf". Established clumps can be difficult to split so divide annually or take individual rosettes off of the outside of a clump. Dated between 1907 and 1916 Helenium Pumilum appeared on a set of cigarette cards called "Flowers to Grow".
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
