Sunflower

(Helianthus anuus) What do you get when you let a whole slew of different sunflowers go unchaperoned in the garden all summer? Every year during market season, we grew 15-20 varieties of sunflowers…gorgeous burgundies, cheery yellows, whites, bi-colors, single headed, poly headed, Russian edible-seeded, teddy bear type… We sat back while...

(H.anuus) Wooohooo! Giant Sungold is everything you’ve been dreaming of if, you dream of sunflowers. 5-7’ tall and multi-branching with fully double, dense 7-10” heads. Absolutely wonderful and almost identical to dwarf, single-headed "Teddy Bear" only taller and with many flower heads. A terrific cut sunflower that is incredibly long-lasting....

(H. annuus) One of the most popular multi-heading sunflowers for cuts in the trade, Soraya has racked award after award since its release including the first-ever AAS for a sunflower and a Fleuroselect Gold. 5-6’ tall plants yield dozens of 4-6” blooms with broad centers surrounded by a mustard yellow...

(H. annuus) A few years in and we’re selecting who stays and who goes in this mix. Selected mainly from the lovely “Moulin Rouge”, these display deep reds all around as well as slightly lighter reds with yellow shining from underneath the petals. For now, they all appear to be...

(Tithonia rotundifolia) Look at you planting flowers for the Butterflies. And Bees. And Hummingbirds. You even remembered that the wee birds of fall need something to eat. You go. Your reward for such altruism? Flaming orange flowers on fuzzy branching stems that swing and sway to 5'-7’. That's what you...

(H. anuus) We’ve been quite taken by this sunflower since we first saw it over a decade ago. 7-8’ plants produce a single stunning flower head to 10" across, with an unusual fuzzy lime green center that eventually fleshes out with seeds as it matures. Huge heads droop downward at...

(H. anuus) Jere Lajos is a Romanian seed grower who sells his seeds at markets in various towns around Transylvania. Seeds are displayed in trays and are measured out for purchase with a walnut shell, the same one that his father used. Friends visited Jere and his wife at their...