Helenium 39ruby tuesday39 gets its name from the daisy45like flowers it produces between july and september copper45red fluted petals surround a saffron yellow and ruby centre introducing the beautiful colours of autumn to gardens in the late summer this sneezeweed works best in borders alongside ornamental grasses particularly in prairie planting schemes but it is also compact enough to be grown in a moist container with plenty of sunlight wherever it39s planted bees and o