Orange Helios™ Chrysanthemum

Orange Helios™ is a bicolored orange garden mum with a rounded mound and a very late seasonal display. Ball Seed describes it as a medium-to-tall, heat-tolerant selection for larger patio pots and landscape use. ## Flowers, size, and timing The [Ball Seed cultivar listing](https://ballseed.com/Products/043100001052030/garden-mum-orange-helios) describes Orange Helios as a striking orange bicolor and lists a mounded habit, medium-to-tall vigor, and a very late flower date of October 7 in both its north and south schedules. It gives a mature height of 14–24 inches and width of 20–36 inches, and lists late summer and autumn blooming. The listing’s hardiness range is 6a–11; that half-zone notation is retained in prose rather than converted into integer zone fields. ## Siting Give garden mums a sunny position. [Iowa State Extension](https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/growing-chrysanthemums-iowa) recommends at least six hours of direct sun and moist, well-drained soil for garden mums. ## Maintenance Water consistently as plants establish and avoid poorly drained sites. Ball Seed identifies this cultivar as heat tolerant and lists medium water needs; local timing and winter conditions influence garden performance.