Helenium 'Mardi Gras'®

Elevate Your Garden with Helenium 'Mardi Gras'

Helenium 'Mardi Gras' is a dazzling perennial plant that brings vibrant color and festive charm to garden landscapes. With its striking blooms and robust growth habit, this cultivar is sure to enliven any garden setting. Discover the beauty and easy-care requirements of Helenium 'Mardi Gras' to enhance your garden's allure.

Characteristics:

• Height: Helenium 'Mardi Gras' typically reaches a height of 24 to 36 inches (60 to 90 cm) at maturity, making it an ideal choice for mid-border plantings or container gardens.
• Spread: The spread of this perennial ranges from 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 cm), forming compact clumps of foliage that fill garden spaces with color and texture.

Maintenance:

To ensure the optimal growth and blooming performance of Helenium 'Mardi Gras,' proper care and maintenance are essential. Here are some maintenance guidelines to help you cultivate this vibrant addition to your garden:

• Sunlight: Plant Helenium 'Mardi Gras' in a location that receives full sun to partial shade. Adequate sunlight is crucial for promoting vigorous growth and abundant flowering.
• Soil: Provide well-draining, fertile soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. Helenium 'Mardi Gras' thrives in loamy or sandy soil enriched with organic matter.
• Watering: Maintain consistently moist soil during the growing season, especially during periods of active growth and flowering. Water deeply and regularly, ensuring that the soil does not dry out completely between waterings.
• Mulching: Apply a layer of organic mulch, such as compost or shredded bark, around the base of Helenium 'Mardi Gras' to conserve soil moisture, suppress weed growth, and insulate the roots from temperature fluctuations.
• Fertilization: Feed Helenium 'Mardi Gras' with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in early spring, just as new growth emerges. Repeat applications every 4 to 6 weeks during the growing season to support healthy foliage and prolific flowering.
• Deadheading: Remove spent blooms promptly to encourage continuous flowering and prevent the formation of seed heads. Deadheading also promotes tidy growth and prolongs the plant's blooming period.
• Division: Divide overcrowded clumps of Helenium 'Mardi Gras' every 2 to 3 years in early spring or fall to rejuvenate the plant and maintain vigor. Dig up the clumps, separate them into smaller sections, and replant them in prepared soil.

Create a Festive Display

Helenium 'Mardi Gras' is a versatile and easy-to-grow perennial that adds a festive touch to garden borders, cottage gardens, and pollinator habitats. Plant this vibrant cultivar alongside other late-summer bloomers such as asters, rudbeckias, and ornamental grasses for a dynamic and colorful display. With its cheerful blooms and low-maintenance nature, Helenium 'Mardi Gras' is sure to become a beloved favorite in your garden for seasons to come

• Size
  2L

We currently only deliver within the island of Ireland, other countries can be quoted for by contacting [email protected] or via telephone on 06964084
 

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All standard deliveries will be completed within 5-7 working days via Fastway Couriers, any delay to this delivery time, the customer will be notified by One of our staff.

The in-Store delivery charge will vary compared with online, in-store delivery charge is done on a case by case basis. 

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Live Plants Delivery

Our live plants are packed with care and diligence by our staff, our horticulturists review each plant before despatch to ensure quality is maintained.
Live Plant delivery charges are not calculated on weight but on the space required per package to ensure safe delivery, so delivery charges may vary as some plants require more space than others when packed.
All live plants are despatched within 3-5 working days where possible, our couriers aim to deliver within 48 hours of despatch from our Garden Centre to allow the plant to arrive in healthy condition.
 

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