Sneezeweed, Helenium 'Karneol', Close up detail of ornage coloured flower growing outdoor.

Sneezeweed, Helenium 'Karneol', Close up detail of ornage coloured flower growing outdoor.

Elecampane, Inula helenium, Close up of fading flowers with the centre stamens starting to turn brown.

Elecampane, Inula helenium, Close up of fading flowers with the centre stamens starting to turn brown.

Sneezeweed, Helenium 'Goldrausch', One open flower with red and orange petals and a dark central cone surrounded by yellow stamen.

Helen's flower, Sneezeweed, Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty', Close view of a flower with others in soft focus behind.

Downy Elecampane, Inula helenium, close view from underneath of a flower showing the yellow, thin, shaggy petals against a blue sky----

Helen's flower, Sneezeweed, Helenium, viewed side on showing the domed central mass of stamens.

Helen's flower, Sneezeweed, Helenium, viewed side on showing the domed central mass of stamens.

Helen's flower, Sneezeweed, Helenium, viewed side on showing the domed central mass of stamens.

Helen's flower, Sneezeweed, Helenium, viewed side on showing the domed central mass of stamens.

Urban garden with pebble path and railway sleepers. Planting includes Helenium Indian Summer, Echinacea purpurea and Rudbeckia subtomentosa.