Blooms of Bressingham has introduced Helenium Mardi Gras. This striking plant produces a riot of multicolored blooms for six to eight weeks in summer, from late June to early August. Yellow petals, lavishly splashed with orange-red, form wildly patterned stiff skirts around deep brown, mounded center cones. The "tie-dyed" flowers are 1½ to 2 inches (3-5 cm) in diameter.