The towering ‘Mammoth’ variety is the traditional giant sunflower, sometimes growing to more than 12 feet tall. ‘Autumn Beauty’: One of the most spectacular cultivars, the ‘Autumn Beauty’ has many 6-inch flowers in shades of yellow, bronze, and mahogany on branching stems up to 7 feet tall. Mix a packet of cut flower preservative with cool water in a vase. Cut off the bottom inch of each sunflower stem, while it's still submerged in the bucket, at an angle before transferring it to the vase. Replace the water and preservative in the vase every one to two days to extend the life of the sunflowers.

An annual plant, sunflowers have big, daisy-like flower faces of bright yellow petals (and occasionally red) and brown centers that ripen into heavy heads filled with seeds.Sunflowers are heliotropic, which means that they turn their flowers to follow the movement of the Sun across the sky.Tall and coarse, the plants have creeping or tuberous roots and large, bristly leaves. Some sunflowers grow to over 16 feet in height, though there are also varieties today that have been developed for small spaces and containers.Most sunflowers are remarkably tough and easy to grow as long as the soil is not waterlogged. Most are heat- and drought-tolerant.

They make excellent cut flowers and many are and birds.At the end of the season, it’s easy to harvest sunflower seeds for a tasty snack or for replanting.Learn more about why in your garden. Caring for Sunflowers. While the plant is small, water around the root zone, about 3 to 4 in. From the plant. To protect the plant, it may help to put snail or slug bait around the stem. Once the plant is established, water deeply though infrequently to encourage deep rooting. Unless the weather is exceptionally wet or dry, water once a week with several gallons of water.

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Feed plants only sparingly; overfertilization can cause stems to break in the fall. You can add diluted fertilizer into the water, though avoid getting the fertilizer near the plant’s base; it may help to build a moat in a circle around the plant about 18 inches out.

Tall species and cultivars require support. Bamboo stakes are a good choice for any plant that has a strong, single stem and needs support for a short period of time.

and will show interest in the seeds. If you plan to use the seeds, deter critters with barrier devices. As seed heads mature and flowers droop, you can cover each one with white polyspun garden fleece. If you have, keep them at bay with a tall wire barrier. Sunflowers are relatively insect-free. A small gray moth sometimes lays its eggs in the blossoms. Pick the worms from the plants.

Downy mildew, and can also affect the plants. If fungal diseases are spotted early, spray with a general garden fungicide. Cutting Sunflowers for Bouquets. For indoor bouquets, cut the main stem just before its flower bud has a chance to open to encourage side blooms. Cut stems early in the morning.

Harvesting flowers during middle of the day may lead to flower wilting. Handle sunflowers gently. Everyone is familiar with the huge sunflowers that grow on towering eight-foot-tall stalks. But did you know that some varieties top off at a modest 15 inches?. The towering ‘ Mammoth’ variety is the traditional giant sunflower, sometimes growing to more than 12 feet tall. Its seeds are excellent for snacks and bird feeders, too. ‘ Autumn Beauty’: One of the most spectacular cultivars, the ‘Autumn Beauty’ has many 6-inch flowers in shades of yellow, bronze, and mahogany on branching stems up to 7 feet tall.

‘ Sunrich Gold’: A great flower for bouquets and arrangements, this sunflower grows to be about 5 feet tall and produces a single 4- to 6-inch flower. The big, no-mess, pollenless flowers have rich, golden-yellow rays and green-yellow centers. ‘ Teddy Bear’: Just 2 to 3 feet tall, this small sunflower is perfect for small gardens and containers. The fluffy, deep-gold, 5-inch blossoms last for days in a vase. Some people call sunflowers the “fourth sister,” in reference to the: corn, beans, and squash. Some cultures see sunflowers as a symbol of courage.

Sunflowers were not only used for cooking by Native Americans, but also for healing; the oil was used to cure skin ailments. Need a bird feeder? Save whole, dry sunflower heads and set them out in winter. Birds will gladly pick at the delicious seeds!. Save thick sunflower stems and dry them for winter kindling.

An anonymous buyer paid over $39 million in 1987 for Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The tallest sunflower ever recorded was grown in Germany in 2014. It measured in at a stunning 30 feet and 1 inch tall!. Kansas is “The Sunflower State.”Here and yonder, high and low,Goldenrod and sunflowers glow.–Robert Kelley Weeks (1840–76).

Just one ounce of sunflower seeds contains about 6 grams of protein and 14 grams of oils. The fats are almost entirely unsaturated with 9g of polyunsaturated and 3g of monounsaturated fats per ounce ( NSA). The oil is high in linoleic acid and is a good source of vitamin E. Some varieties produce small black seeds that are used in cooking oil, margarine, cosmetics, and animal feed; they are the best sunflower seeds for attracting the greatest variety of songbirds. The bigger, striped seeds are grown for snacking and as an ingredient in bread and health foods. They, too, are used for feeding birds, especially larger species, such as jays and mourning doves.Roasting SeedsRe-soak seeds overnight in salted water. Run through a strainer and dry on a layer of paper towels.Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 325 degrees on a baking sheet.

Seeds should be spread out in a single layer. Stir frequently during the baking and remove seeds when they look slightly browned. Don’t burn!That’s it! You can all some olive oil, salt, spices to your roasted seeds if you wish.Or, you can also make suet cakes for the winter birds!. I enjoyed your article on Sunflowers, which are my favorite after Zinnias. I would love to have big patches of sunflowers, but my problem is CHIPMUNKS.

I have tried everything I know to do, and the stinking things still get at the seeds or seedlings. I even tried planting them in seed trays, but they never get that big, or robust as they get from being planted directly in the ground. I left piles of bird seed from my parrots cage, hoping to distract them, but they got the leftovers, along with the seeds. I tried netting over the ground, and they dig right under the netting. I even tried planting the seeds & putting mothballs near the seeds, and they dig em out anyway. I am at my wits end. Those stinking chippys don't bother anything else.

Sunflower oil is awesome. Very healthy. To make cooking oil, you need to use the black seeds, not the confectionary seeds you find in the supermarket and you also need a mechanical press. Typically, it takes about 28 to 30 pounds of seed to make a gallon of oil. After the sunflower heads fall over, harvest the seeds. You just cut off the head of the sunflower plant with a knife and shake the seeds into a bucket.

Dry your seeds first on a baking sheet or wood for a day in the sun. Don’t let the birds get those seeds! Then you take the press to crack your seeds.

This is manual and a lot of cracking! About 20 minutes of cracking gives you a (two-liter) soda bottle’s worth of pressed sunflower seeds which provides about 12 ounces cooking oil. Pour the sunflower oil into mason jars and screw the lid on firmly. Store in the cupboard shelf until ready to use. The oil should be viable for at least two years.redSubmitted by John Sanders on September 14, 2018 - 2:05pm.

I live in the subtropics and use sunflowers to start a new vegetable bed. Amazingly easy to grow!

I mix 2 parts fresh cow manure (so not composted!) with 1 part dirt and as many leaves I can find. I throw the cheap seeds (for parrots) simply on top and 1 -2 inches of mowed grass as mulch over the seeds.Amazing, in one week the first leaves appear.

The plant are great to provide shade as soon as the soil is ready for the vegetables like pumpkin or beans etc. By then they are tall enough for the young veggies to be protected against the burning sun.Just wanted to write this idea for others who live in harsh conditions of sun as well. SunflowerSubmitted by Jacob on August 29, 2018 - 12:38pm.