General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 36 - 72 inches
Plant Spread: 18 - 24 inches
Leaves: Fragrant
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Sunflower
  • Woodland Sunflower
  • Rough Sunflower

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Date: 2022-08-19
KODAK Digital Still Camera

Date: 2022-08-19
KODAK Digital Still Camera

Date: August
credit: Jomegat
Photo by SongofJoy

Photo courtesy of: Tom Potterfield
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-08-30
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-08-31
Location: Tennessee
photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens, www.sunlightgardens.com
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-07-15
View of colony in woods
Photo by imperium2335

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aspenhill On May 4, 2012 Obtained plant
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