All About Sunroots

By dave
April 6, 2011

Easily grown and impossible to kill, the sunroot is an amazingly useful and beautiful plant that belongs in every garden.

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Sep 5, 2012 10:42 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
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8 feet tall?! Blinking Wow!!!

About how much a spread does one of your plants get? I know you stated it's vase shaped, but I'm just wondering..... Whistling
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Sep 6, 2012 6:39 AM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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I guess 6 to 8 feet wide is the spread on the biggest one. I'll try to get a better photo of the whole plant today.
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Sep 6, 2012 2:28 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
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Region: United States of America Rabbit Keeper Hummingbirder Salvias Charter ATP Member Birds
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Thanks Dave! Looking forward to seeing it. I tip my hat to you. Thumbs up
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Sep 6, 2012 4:27 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Here's the biggest one. I planted this one this past May as one small tuber.

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Sep 6, 2012 9:56 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
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That's ONE plant?! Blinking

Looks like I'll have to plant one into a 24" container (forget the 20" container). Hilarious!

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Looks wonderful! Thumbs up
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Sep 7, 2012 6:51 AM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
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Yep, that's one plant in fairly poor soil, too. I'm thinking, though, that if you had it in a container then the plant would be limited in growth.

I know when I grow these for the local master gardener plant sale, once they get even a little bit root bound they quit growing altogether. Then as soon as I pot them up a size, they shoot up with rapid growth again.
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Sep 8, 2012 6:00 PM CST
Name: Marilyn
Kentucky (Zone 6a)
Laughter is the Best Medicine!
Region: United States of America Rabbit Keeper Hummingbirder Salvias Charter ATP Member Birds
Echinacea Butterflies Tender Perennials Bee Lover Container Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
Thanks Dave for all the info and pics! I tip my hat to you.

Good to know! Thumbs up
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Sep 8, 2012 7:25 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
I tip my hat to you.

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