With most flowering plants now done and dusted for the year (or on their last legs) this plant is a must for late season colour. Helianthus "Lemon Queen" is a real beast and needs to go at the back of a border, reaching up to 2m in height .It does need full (ish) sun but does not seem to mind soil type, I have them growing in two different planting designs, one in clay soil the other in a dry, poor soil and they are both doing as well as each other.
Being a late flowering plant consider planting Helianthus "Lemon Queen" with tall Miscanthus which is also flowering at the moment. I took this picture at the weekend so you can see it's at its best at the moment and also providing much needed nectar to bees late in the year.
Helianthus "Lemon Queen" is available from Crocus


