Helianthus verticillatus Nuccio's Nurseries spineless leaves

spineless leaves

a heath-family shrub that looks nothing like the rest of the clan

a tender thing for the conservatory shelf

and to ginseng itself

a hot late-season color that hummingbirds and pollinating insects work eagerly

Helianthus verticillatus Nuccio's Nurseries spineless leavesHelianthus verticillatus is a sunflower you grow as much for the story as the flower, though the flower holds up on merit. The plainest field mark is the leaves: narrow, lance shaped, and arranged in distinct whorls of three or four around the stem rather than in the usual opposite or alternate pairs, a tidy structural signature that names the plant and sets the species apart from every common sunflower. Tall and strong stemmed, the plant rises six to