Dense green foliage that will create a fantastic backdrop or yearly summer tall border. Fast growing, single-headed traditional sunflower. Beautiful blooms that have long thick yellow petals and a dark brown disc.
Very easy to nurture and can grow 6 feet tall. Depending on your growing conditions These perennial sunflowers can grow from 3 to 10 feet tall every year.
Each stalk has from 15 to 19 yellow petaled with orange centered discs. The flowers are up to 5 inches across. These sunflowers are native to south america and can be found growing wild in the tall grass of the prairie. Maximilian attracts, among others, monarch butterflies and a variety of bees. They are often grown for livestock to munch on and have a large yield of seeds for wildlife to enjoy too. If you pinch off the growing tip, at the height you desire, you should get a neater and smaller plant with more flowers.
A mass of bright yellow blooms on a branching bush of silver foliage. They are half hardy so I sow the seeds outdoors at the end of spring in the part of the garden I want them to grow. Branching Multi-headed Large blooms with Layers of striking yellow petals and velvety brown centers. Such an all-rounder. Suitable for attracting bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Suitable for growing in pots, borders and for cutting. They look fantastic. The flowers are quite long lasting too.
They give quite an abundance of seeds at harvest time, which my visiting wildlife love. These seeds are now readily available here. The below chart illustrates the size of the sunflower bloom for the popular yellow dwarf sunflower varieties, alongside the expected height of the sunflower if optimum growing conditions are met.
You can also find these illustrated height charts and other illustrations in my sunflower resource section for downloading. Single Golden yellow petaled bloom, dark brown center discs and pollen free.
I like to cut and gather these sunflowers as bouquet gifts for my friends who have trouble with pollen allergies. They are quick growing and have flowers up to 4 to 6 inches in size. I found this to be everything a giant sunflower is but smaller and perfectly formed.
I originally found the seeds here on amazon. I have these vibrantly colored sunflowers in pots and at the front of my flower borders. The daisy-like blooms flower throughout the summer. The vivid yellow-tipped petals go orange towards the rusty red colored centered disc.
I have cut some of these small flowers for cute table arrangements, and by doing this more blooms will appear. With care and attention at the end of its growing season, the perennial gaillardia comes back for me the following year.
This sunflower is pollen free. Singled headed bloom on top of a sturdy stem. Growing to a magnificent 3ft small. The flower is medium to large, yellowed petaled with striking orange inner petals going into a deep brown center disc. As its a semi-dwarf it can be grown in pots or in the middle of a border. Also, another good cutting flower that I like to gift. You can try these here on Amazon. Bright yellow-orange cuddly, fluffy looking inch multi-headed blooms on 1 to 2 feet stem.
There are so many layers of petals that create a pom-pom of petals. I love them in the middle of my borders. The inch multi-heads sit upon sturdy stems. These are cute, easy to grow, multi-headed sunflowers that can grow up to 2 feet tall. The long yellow petals surround a large dark brown disc that all the pollinators love to share. When harvest time comes, the large yield of small-sized seeds feeds birds and wildlife for weeks after the plant has finished its summer blooming. Multi-branching, multi-headed attractive yellow blooms that are 5 inches wide with a dark brown center disc that covers each growing stem.
These sunflowers were actually bred for pots and containers, but they look gorgeous in the middle of my plant borders. The flowers keep on coming throughout the summer and last till autumn. If you only have pots or containers to fill this could be the sunflower for you.
Traditional looking and long lasting. And here they are on Amazon. Yellow-gold petaled beauties that are small plants and can get as tall as only 2 feet, with a whopping bloom that can grow up to 10 inches in diameter. Grow these wonders from spring, and 2 or 3 weeks apart to get blooms continuing throughout the summer. They are great in pots too. The name says it all. Masses of yellow blooms for weeks and weeks, with chocolate brown discs on top of very bushy healthy stems.
Growing 2 feet tall in the middle of my borders, they were like fireworks throughout the summer months popping out pollen free 4-inch bloom after bloom. I use these in cut arrangements for when pollen allergy friends come to stay. For your end of summer wedding, get everyone you know to grow them for you. How glorious will that be? If you have any trouble finding them just click here to get them from Amazon.
Growing to just 18 inches tall will lemon, yellow daisy like flowers. The multi-branching stems give bloom after bloom. I love this little button of a sunflower. I cut them to have a little display lined up on my window sills. Easy to grow outside in pots, in there growing sites at the front of boarders and even window boxes in springtime. The blooms grow in flourishes of up to 20 flowers per 1 foot high small plant. The pollen free big blooms are inches wide.
Bright yellow petals surrounding a dark brown, almost black center disc. Very dramatic. They grow quickly and start flowering from early summer and onward. Great for cut arrangements too.
These are possibly one of the smallest sunflower plants available. Very cute. They also created a visual guide that features the eight most popular types of sunflowers and their names. Did you know that sunflowers can grow to heights of 16 feet? Because of their tall and stalky stems, they can grow to be several feet high. Here is a list of the most popular types of sunflowers in the tall variety:.
With a maximum height of 15 feet and a face that grows to one foot in width, it is no wonder they call this one the American Giant. This sunflower species is one of the rarest in America. It has an average height of 6. The Russian Mammoth is a popular flower that is used in a lot of county fairs because of its height of 12 feet and effortless ability to grow.
Dwarf sunflowers are a type of sunflower that grows to heights of only three feet or smaller! They love to grow in gardens and look great in planters when placed in bunches. Here is a list of the most popular sunflowers in the dwarf variety:. The average height of this sunflower is about one to two feet high and looks great when wanting to add a splash of color to your garden.
The tallest sunflower on record measured in at 30 feet and 1 inch tall! Dwarf sunflower types only grow to be about 3 feet tall and are perfect for small spaces such as garden boxes and planters.
Sunflowers also come in a variety of colors now thanks to hybridization. Click through the gallery to learn more about some of our favorite types of sunflowers. These traditional sunflowers are categorized as tall sunflowers and can grow up to 12 to 14 feet tall. Skyscraper sunflowers have thick stalks and can produce inch flower petals. Looking to create a forest of sunflowers?
This variety is your best bet. Sunforest Mix sunflowers can grow between 10 to 15 feet tall. When planting, leave about 3 feet of space between seeds so that roots have space to grow. The most popular variety of sunflowers used in growing competitions, American Giant sunflowers can grow up to 15 feet tall with faces about 1 foot wide.
Their stems are chunky and sturdy to support the sunflower's heavy head. The height of Russian Mammoth sunflowers ranges from about 9 to 12 feet tall. These sunflowers are popular with pollinators like bees and butterflies and animals like birds and squirrels who like to eat their seeds. One of the rarest types of sunflowers, Schweinitz's sunflowers were named about Lewis David von Schweintz, a botanist who discovered the species in the early s.
They can grow to be about 6 feet tall. Sundance Kid sunflowers were one of the first species of dwarf sunflowers. They grow between 1 to 2 feet tall and have petals that fade from red to yellow. Known for the orange "halo" effect of their petals, Little Becka sunflowers are a dwarf sunflower variety that grow to about 1 to 2 feet tall.
They're perfect for growing in smaller garden planters or boxes. With bright yellow petals and dark brown centers, Suntastic Yellow sunflowers can grow to about 20 inches tall. They love to grow in packs so you can expect to see 5 to 8 flower faces blooming from each stem. The fluffy petals of the Teddy Bear sunflowers are what gives this variety its charming name.
These sunflowers can grow to about 2 feet tall, and their edible petals can be fun to use for salad toppings or cake decorating. These bright yellow beauties grow to about 12 to 16 inches tall and produce multiple flowers from a single stem. Pacino sunflowers are perfect for adding to cut flower bouquets and summer flower arrangements. One of the most sought-after colored sunflowers, Moulin Rouge sunflowers grow to about 4 feet tall.
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