Sunflowers are a quintessential flower of summer, with typically large brightly colored blooms. They come in various colors, including traditional yellow, varying shades of orange and red, and some may have petals with multiple colors or patterns. Hybridization has made sunflowers more diverse, with 25 types available for landscape and garden use. Three varieties of sunflower are giant, dwarf, and colored, with their colors pre-determined.
Colorful sunflowers are easy to grow from seeds and are great for planting for bees and other important pollinators. They range from cream to gold, yellow, orange, red, mahogany, and chocolate brown. The most common sunflowers have yellow petals and a dark brown center disk, but some varieties have orange, red, burgundy, white, and bi-colored petals. Green is closely associated with nature, growth, and renewal, and green sunflowers carry symbolic meanings in line with their color.
The double petal flower of Golden Cheer is renowned for its large golden-orange blossoms with chocolate-brown centers. There are many different sizes and colors available to suit every gardener’s taste. In addition to red and yellow, there are several varieties of sunflower with a vivid orange hue, including those that are bi-color or contain both.
There are 6,533 different colored sunflowers stock photos, vectors, and illustrations available royalty-free for download. Sunflower petals are delicious in salads and bring vibrant hues to the garden, vase, and table.
📹 SUNFLOWERS – Everything You Need To Know
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What does a Russian sunflower look like?
The Russian Mammoth flower, a giant beauty with lush golden petals and centers that don’t overflow with seeds, makes a spectacular, fast-growing screen or background for gardens. Growing up to 14 ft tall, it produces classic yellow blooms that can reach 12-14″ across. This open-pollinated plant is easy to grow and attracts various pollinators to the garden. American Meadows offers non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free seeds that are guaranteed to grow. The plant is native, bee-friendly, attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and birds, and can be cut flowers for mass plantings. The seed is available in various zones.
Do purple sunflowers exist?
The sunflower is a species that exhibits a wide range of colors, including cream, gold, yellow, orange, red, mahogany, and chocolate brown. Nevertheless, it would be prudent to exercise caution when encountering blue sunflower seeds for sale, as there is no documented occurrence of a naturally occurring blue sunflower.
Is a black and red sunflower real?
The Black-and-Red Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a vibrant and striking plant, displaying bold petals that are ideal for adding a dramatic touch to any garden or floral arrangement. It requires full sun and regular watering in order to thrive.
Is the sunflower the Ukrainian flower?
The sunflower, also known as “sunyashnikiis” in Ukrainian, is the national flower of Ukraine and a significant part of its culture, heritage, and economy. The flower, first imported from North America in the 1800s, has since become the world’s largest producer and exporter of sunflower oil and sunflower seeds. Ukrainian girls weave sunflowers into wreaths called “venki” and incorporate them into folk art called “petrykivka”. They are also embroidered on clothes and painted on furniture and walls.
The bright flower symbolizes the sun’s warmth and energy and has been synonymous with Ukraine for some time. Sunflowers originated in the Americas around 1000 BC and have been used for medicinal purposes, food sources, and even as snacks. Sunflower oil has been extracted for cooking, skincare, and haircare, and even sunflower stalks have been used for construction. This floral industry blog will explore the history of sunflowers, their various types, and their connection to Ukraine and its people.
Is there a rainbow sunflower?
The Rainbow Sunflower (Helianthus ‘Kaleidoscope’) is a noteworthy variety of sunflower, distinguished by its strikingly diverse range of petal colors, including shades of pink, yellow, and orange. This remarkable variation creates an arresting visual impact, making it a captivating subject of botanical study.
How many different Colours of sunflowers are there?
Sunflowers are popular ornamental and important crop plants, offering a wide variety of breeding interest and resulting in a wide variety diversity. There are various flowering characteristics, including high nectar production, extra early or late flowering varieties, low or high oil content, and high grain yield. Pollen-free varieties are ideal for vase cuttings as they do not leave sticky yellow pollen trails. The flower colors range from bright yellow to orange, red, brown, and bronze tones. There are also double or semi-double flowers and simple basket flowers.
Helianthus annus offers the largest selection of varieties for planting in beds, with annual plants growing up to three meters high. The yellow to reddish-brown flowers stretch toward the sun from July to September. 25 beautiful and insect-friendly varieties of H. annuus are presented, including Tiffany, Inara Orange, Sunrich Gold, and Sunrich Orange. These varieties are suitable for bee pastures, bee pastures, and vase cuttings.
What is the rainbow sunflower called?
The Rainbow Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a striking ornamental flower with a distinctive combination of blue, pink, and yellow hues, capable of significantly enhancing the aesthetic appeal of any garden. For optimal growth, the plant requires full sun and regular, deep watering.
Is there a pink sunflower?
The genus Helianthus comprises a variety of species, each displaying a range of colors, including cream, gold, yellow, orange, red, mahogany, and chocolate brown. Nevertheless, it would be prudent to exercise caution when encountering blue sunflower seeds for sale, as there is no documented occurrence of a naturally occurring blue sunflower.
Can you get purple sunflowers?
Sun Fill Green is a new breeder of sunflowers, producing fast-growing 3-4″ flower heads suitable for bouquets as greenery. These sunflowers are known for their tall, yellow faces and their ability to create instant architecture, glamorous cutting flowers, or sumptuous flowery screens. Perennial sunflowers have daintier flowers but can be invasive if not managed properly. There are tall and shorter varieties, some reaching 10 feet, and other colors like cream, white, coppery orange, and burnished deep red.
Annual sunflowers bloom from midsummer into autumn, and once the flowers fade, they provide a bonus crop of edible seeds, which are enjoyed by garden birds. Spent flower heads containing seeds are a welcomed winter bird feeder.
Are there white sunflowers?
The use of pure white sunflowers in wedding and spring bouquets offers a greater degree of versatility than traditional late summer and fall displays. The white petals can be dyed, thereby revealing a new spectrum of colors.
Do black sunflowers exist?
Black oilseed sunflowers are known for their higher oil content and meatier seeds, providing greater nutrition benefits. As they mature, game and song birds flock to these plants for seeds. Shipping options include small parcel orders for in stock items, bulk orders shipped by pallet, and residential deliveries. Orders are processed Monday through Friday, with weekends receiving the following Monday. Delivery is typically scheduled in advance.
📹 How to Grow Sunflowers at Home
In this video, I will show you how to grow sunflowers at home from seed. Sunflowers are an easy to grow, happy flower that does …
7 years ago I walked the fence line with my grandkids with quite a few varieties of sunflower seeds, showed them how to poke their fingers in the ground and put a seed in. As soon as they saw the stalks coming up they were eager to help with the watering. That was the beginning of teaching them to plant seeds. I also have them walk around the garden in the fall to collect seeds from echinacea, marigolds, columbine, ect. My little helpers👍🌻😊
Sunflowers are my favorite flower. I like that they provide food for the birds, the squirrels and me. Very healthy. Peonies are my other favorite flower because the blooms are big and beautiful, and they smell so good. Plus, they are perennial, and every few years you can split them up and grow more. The only bad thing is they are so pricey I really can’t afford them now. Another excellent article, Brian. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before on sunflowers. May the Lord continue blessing you and yours.
I never do anything to plant sunflowers anymore except pull up the ones I don’t want lol. Nearly all of mine are volunteer. I love in Kansas, where sunflowers grow wild everywhere. But after years of planting fancy varieties, even my wild sunflowers have hybridized into an interesting mix of traits. My volunteers make me smile every year!
I made the mistake last year of planting them in my raised garden beds. They averaged 12 to 15 feet tall and shaded all my veggies. I used every part of the sunflowers though. I washed and sliced the leaves for stir fry, I cut open the trunks took out the white part, dehydrated it and made sunflower flour, used the petals for tea and gave most of the seeds to the chickens. Love sunflowers, just not in my raised beds. Thanks, Brian! Love the varieties you’ve planted.
Last year I roasted some sunflower heads while the seeds were still white. Lots of garlic and olive oil, and it was delish! What’s not delish with garlic and olive oil? When my kids were small and I had a large garden I would plant the mammoth sunflowers in a large circle and then plant pole beans at the base of each once they started getting some height. I would tie the mature blossoms together at the top to create a teepee, which also kept them from leaning way over, and the beans would climb up and were easy to harvest and shaded the inside of the teepee for the children. I left a gap for a doorway. Good times.
I have multi stemmed sunflowers in my garden. Every plant is from seed that dropped from last years planting. I moved a dozen of them when they were around 10″ to 12″ tall. They immediately flopped over, but I was patient and now one of the plants is 15 foot tall and all have multiple blooms.😳Wish I could remember the variety. Good to know that they can be planted in succession! Thanks for sharing your garden.
My 1st attempt a couple of years ago. Planted in raised beds and 5 gallon buckets with a reservoir. Learned that they have a huge root system. After harvesting the bloom and removing the bucket.. there wasn’t much soil left. The ones in the raised bed took over my squash, lettuce, a radish. Sooo… if you do decide to grow the Single Sunflower, make sure to give their root system plenty of room.
Ok, I was not thinking on planting sunflowers, my husband keeps telling me he doesn’t like it. However, I know a place they will look great in my front yard. By the time he realizes what it is he will be lonving how it looks 🙂 Sometimes is better to say sorry after the fact than ask for permission 🙂
Pansies n roses r my happy flowers! Love the ‘fantasia’ faces of pansies n the,scent of a Mr Lincoln or Neil Diamond rose can just make me forget my troubles. Have 2 volunteer sunflowers. Both facing west n both grew down along grd for about 3 ft b4 popping up about 3 ft n their stalks r al.ost 2 inches in diameter. Didnt expect them so didnt notice either one til they were ready 2 flower.
I’m planning to sow mine in a couple of days. I’m jealous of your clean soil. I live in the Missouri Ozarks, and my soil is rocky clay. It’s a new house, and I’m just getting the garden established. I’m going to have to use raised beds and Ruth Stout. I’m going to plant the sunflowers along a new wooden fence. I’m doing it the easy way by laying the seeds down on the soil and covering with garden soil, compost, and probably a straw mulch. In spite of the Rocks the soil is quite fertile here and I know sunflowers are easy to grow so I would imagine they will penetrate the soil with no problem.
🌻🌻. Hey Brian, I saw somewhere 🤔. Where the whole plant is edible. He took a small head with a little oil, wrapped it in foil & baked til tender AND ATE IT !! The stalk is similar to broccoli, cut the tough outer part of & eat… kinda like celery. Can’t remember about the leaves 🫤 the head looked really good when he took a bite. Darn I wish I could remember who so as to give them credit 😢. I have TBI that trips me up on some things 😵💫😵💫😁 Have a great day 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I had a bad experience last year. Cut worms destroyed my plants. They were about 8-10 inch high at the time. One day they were there, the next morning, the stem had been cut at soil level. Luckily it was early enough in the season I was able to start other plants. Now I wrap the bottom of the stem in foil to protect them.
I have a single Shock-O-Lat plant this year (I gave the others that I started to my daughter for her garden as sunflowers are her FAVORITE flower). It has many flowers but they are small and never even open fully before closing back up again. None have fallen off and I haven’t pried them open to see what’s going on in there but I highly doubt there are any seed heads forming. What did I do wrong? They are in a raised bed with mulch, fertilized and watered regularly. NC zone 7b. You also said you were going to run another drip line to water them. I’m trying to design the drip system for my garden but I don’t know how many feet of 1/4″ drip emitter tubing I can run on a single hose valve. Is there a website you can recommend to help me figure this out? TIA
Hi there. I want to plant numerous Sunflowers for my Bees. Here in Scotland 🏴 Sunflower Seeds to Grow are really Expensive to Buy ! And you only get a few per Pack. 😖 So I went to my Poultry Feed Store and bought a 1KG Bag (1000’s of Seed ! For only £5 maybe $7 !) All large “Black” Sunflower Seeds. 😉 Question : Nothing on Source or Variety is on the Bag !?! SO. . . Do you think they will be Massive Tall Monsters, or Short Skinny ones. Any experience of what Sunflower goes into ‘Bird’ seed Food ? Otherwise : its a Plant and “See” experiment. 😁 Have also taken some seed re Sunflowers out of my mixed Chicken Feed (Black, White Stripey types.) And a Friend grew a Sunflower about say x2 Metres (6ft) tall I guess. So. . . My Cottage Garden should have ‘Sunflowers’ of some sort. Also do they Cross Pollinate at all ??? Will seed left to Dry and Set have the characteristics of its Parent Flower (?) So that I can Label and Mark Collected Seed as Tall. Single type versus Small and Multi-Flower versions. Hope you can advise. 😎 Ps. Like the way your Squirrel planted your Sunflowers. Here in the Countryside and associated Woodland across the Road from me : their are divets (holes) in the Ground all over the place. 👀 Its Squirrels finding and then uncovering their Winter ‘Stores’. Don’t think my Dog would appreciate a Rare ‘Red’ or the more Common ‘Grey’ scuttling through the vegetation planting Sunflower Seeds.
Time for growing giant amaranth, sunflowers, corn stalks, … and nitrogen-fixing peas, chickpeas/garbanzos, and vine beans in the same strip – and have all growing as a vertical garden. Grow 2 nitrogen-fixing plants on each side of (could even do 4 completely surrounding) the amaranth, sunflower and corn plants.
Brian help!!!! I have a very large garden using raised beds, Grass Roots living soil grow bags, 1/2 wine barrels, GreenStalk verticals gardens, and large planter/pots. My raised beds have drip and some of my pots but I have several pots/wine barrels/grow bags that do not. I water those by hand every day until I run drip to them. Here is the problem. I am finding the soil is not maintaining moisture and I have to actuall grab and rough up the soil several inches deep while watering so the plants get some water. We are into triple digits and many of the plants are suffering. When I planted all the plants in the pots and grow bags, the soil was completely hydrated and I don’t understand why the dirt is becoming hydrophobic. Can you help?
Agreed! the Sunflower is nature’s happiest flower! I saved the heads from last year and replanted this year, at least these plants are growing and starting with new seed heads. BUT those SPECIAL SUNFLOWER seeds I purchased and planted from Hoss must have been eaten by the critters in my gardens. Ah now I see my mistake – not covering to protect from the critters. Thanks~~
I love sunflowers, but decided not to grow them again after what happened three years ago. My grandson planted sunflowers and they thrived and grew. When the stalks were very tall and the heads began to form, I noticed something eating some of the leaves. It looked like some kind of worm damage, but each day a new leaf was damaged and the last one left shabby but intact. I spent a couple of weeks trying to catch the culprit and then one day, while I was reading near the garden, I saw a goldfinch fly in, hold onto the stalk, and eat part of a leaf. Then (s)he moved to another leaf and ate part of that one, and so on. It looked awful, but the flower heads were growing and maturing, so I did nothing because the flowers were for my grandson to see where we get the seeds he loves to eat. Just before the heads were ready to cut and dry for harvest, a flock of at least two dozen goldfinches swooped in, decimated every single part of all the sunflowers (they ate leaves, petals, seeds and the flower pods) and within minutes the marauders left all together and remaining were only tall, completely stripped stalks. My grandson never got to see how to harvest the seeds and there were none left for him to eat. We have for nearly fifty years planted bird-friendly gardens, and also have a number of feeders where we supply birds with high-quality black oil sunflower seeds and other staples. While we have always had house finches visit, I’ve never seen a goldfinch at any of our feeders, but clearly there’s a gang of renegades in our neighborhood who would rather go on raids than come for the free food offered all year.
well, I tried for the first time this year. I planted about 15 seeds in a long row. I planted veggie plants in front of the row. Well, something sniffed out the seeds and got all but 2. Empty shells where the seeds used to be. So in 20 foot row, I have 2 seedlings going. I have a 1/2″ screen fence to keep out the critters, so I thought, 4′ tall around this garden.
Something in my garden is eating the flowers before they can full bloom. My neighborhood has rabbits, squirrels, the occasional possum and even a rat or two. There are also lots of birds and I’m pretty sure they are eating a flower from a totally different flower in my water garden. All I know is the plant blooms. I see the flower and an hour later it’s gone. As the rabbits do their dirty work at night, I think it’s the birds there. But, what do you think is eating the sunflower heads?
🤬Squirrels suck!🤬 I’ve been robbed for everything. I left a case of peaches on my table out back went to the store for like 30 minutes I came back to a total mess. I was so angry🤬They got the sunflowers one year they were hanging upside down tearing up all of them. dude one year they chewed the heads off. Sorry man good article. But I’m a squirrel hater