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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: Up to 180cm or 6 feet
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Other: Non-branching
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
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
Pollinators: Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Sunflower
  • Common Sunflower

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Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2024-03-02
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2024-03-05
Plant Events from our members
Australis On April 21, 2024 Harvested
Collected the seeds and removed the plants.
Australis On February 21, 2024 Bloomed
First one opened on the 21st; not sure when the last one did.
Australis From December 17, 2023 to December 22, 2023 Seeds germinated
Australis On December 13, 2023 Seeds sown
Australis On December 12, 2023 Obtained plant
Purchased seeds from The Seed Collection.
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