Sunny Disposition forms a neatly rounded plant covered with ball-shaped golden yellow flowers 2 to 2½ inches wide. The blooms range from double to semi-double and appear from midsummer into late summer.
The green leaves have a light, creamy variegation along the edges, adding a bit of brightness even out of bloom. It works well in the middle of a border, in combination containers and as a cut flower.
What it looks like
Double to semi-double, rounded, ball-like flowers 2 to 2½ inches across in golden yellow, with layered petals around a small golden center. Flowers are carried in good numbers on branched stems over the foliage. Leaves are triangular and toothed, glossy green with a narrow, light cream edge. The plant is a rounded, bushy mound 24 to 28 inches tall and 26 to 28 inches wide. At peak bloom it looks like a green dome sprinkled with golden balls.
Growing it with lavender
Its round golden flowers contrast nicely with lavender's slender purple spikes in the same full sun and well-drained soil.
Care
Grow in full sun to light part shade in average, well-drained soil; established plants tolerate dry spells. Hardy in zones 3 to 9. Deadhead spent flowers to extend bloom and cut the plant back after frost.
At a glance
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Botanical name: Heliopsis helianthoides
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Flower color: Golden yellow
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Foliage: Green with light cream margins
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Growth habit: Rounded, bushy mound
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Mature size: 24–28 in tall × 26–28 in wide
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USDA hardiness zones: 3–9
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Light: full sun, part sun to part shade
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Bloom start: Early-July
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Peak bloom: Late-July
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Bloom pattern: Long Blooming
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Deer resistance: Moderately resistant
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Pollinator value: Good
Sizes and shipping
Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.
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