General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 5 feet
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Dye production
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Ca (Calcium)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Other info: Plant is pollenless, but can produce hybrid seeds
Pollinators: Flies
Bees

Common names
  • Sunflower

Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 14, 2014 5:26 PM concerning plant:
    Cut just when petals are starting to lift and unfurl from the bud.

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