Name that Plant
October 4th, 2006 
by Susan Harris
Please. My nice neighbor asked me what this is and I failed her, so readers, can you help me out? She bought it last year, it wintered over and apparently flourished this season.
They’re about 4-feet tall when they’re not flopping over, and this is how it looked in mid-September.
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October 4th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
they look like little dahlias, don’t they?
October 5th, 2006 at 11:49 am
A heliopsis of some kind?
October 5th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
It’s one of the coreopsis, the grow well in Indiana, birds can even plant them!
October 5th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
I think heliopsis too - perennial sunflower. Check out http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/b/bp/HEMFS.html
October 5th, 2006 at 5:26 pm
That’s it, Carletongardener.
Nice find on the flore pleno, I was searching for ‘double’ and didn’t find that full flower.
October 5th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
No, no, no it is not heliopsis (ox-eye) which is the asteraceae family. It is helianthus x multiflora as described in the bluestoneperennials link - let’s be careful gardeners when posting comments and sharing info !
Susan - you know we’re rabblerousers ;)- Punishment for misinformation is no reblogging on GardenVoices for one week !!
May 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
See Brittlebush (Encelia farinosa). You’ll see it throughout the southwest, up the western slope and across the plains states.