General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Tree
Life cycle:Perennial
Sun Requirements:Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:Wet
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 12
Fruit:Indehiscent
Flowers:Nocturnal
Inflorescence Type:Cyme
Uses:Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts:Bark
Dynamic Accumulator:Nitrogen fixer
K (Potassium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Resistances:Birds
Propagation: Seeds:Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators:Wasps
Wind
Conservation status:Least Concern (LC)

Helianthus annuus bloom.

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Incredible.... by wcgypsy Aug 14, 2013 7:29 PM 1

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