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Sunflowers

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Post: # 25256Unread post GoDawgs
Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:33 pm

Sister Pickles always puts sunflowers in a bed at the bottom of the garden. This year she chose two different varieties. One is 'Sunspot', a 4' dwarf sunflower with 8-10" blooms. The other is 'Beach' that gets about 5-6' and has 3" blooms on it. Then she plants cucumbers underneath as a living mulch.

These are the 'Sunspot':

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And these are the 'Sunspot' with the 'Beach' behind them:

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I noticed today that many of the Beach flowers are slightly different. In the photo there's a white one, the only white one in the bed. And some are a darker shade of yellow or gold than others. The cucumbers are now gone but the bees are having a field day with the sunflowers. Mostly bumbles but others too.

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Sun Jul 12, 2020 3:36 pm

They grow wild around here.
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Post: # 25273Unread post pondgardener
Sun Jul 12, 2020 4:23 pm

I am trying to grow some Mammoth sunflowers in an EarthBox type of container this year. So far they are six feet tall and growing...sucking up a lot of water.
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Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:31 pm

Great photo GoDawgs , I've been Sunflower seed shopping and love the old fashioned kind. So many new colorful varieties don't look like a real sunflower although the white is pretty. My neighbor grew a Teddy Bear sunflower in a bucket - the hummingbirds went crazy over it.
I found a cool video while hunting seeds online.

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Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:47 pm

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Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:51 pm

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Post: # 106429Unread post LindaJean
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:25 pm

Those sure are gorgeous Yak54.
My sunflower seed hunt continues , there are some cool ones at Sunflower Selections, it's hard to chose.
Has anyone tried Sunflower Steves " Van Gogh's Fantasy Mix " ?

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Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:50 pm

Thanks, I like them and the bees really love them. Got them at Quail Seeds along with some lettuce seed I was looking for. https://www.quailseeds.com/
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