Sunflower

Big, beautiful, and old-fashioned, sunflowers fit into every garden. Plant breeders have been hard at work producing a wide variety of plants, from those that grow 12 feet tall to compact selections that stand only 3 feet. The color range is wide, too, with almost every shade of yellow, orange, and red.

Light:

Sun

Plant Type:

Annual

Plant Height:

1-12 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-3 feet wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers, Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers, Attracts Birds, Attracts Butterflies, Drought Tolerant, Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Autumn Beauty sunflower

(Helianthus 'Autumn Beauty') bears large reddish-orange flowers on 5-foot-tall plants.
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Evening Sun sunflower

(Helianthus 'Evening Sun') bears reddish-mahogany flowers on large, 6-foot-tall plants.
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Gloriosa sunflower

(Helianthus 'Gloriosa') bears large reddish-orange flowers on multi-branched, 8-foot-tall plants.
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Italian White sunflower

(Helianthus 'Italian White') bears creamy-white flowers on 5-foot-tall plants.
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Music Box dwarf sunflower

(Helianthus 'Music Box') bears red and yellow flowers on dwarf, 3-foot-tall plants.
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Sunbeam sunflower

(Helianthus 'Sunbeam') bears pollenless yellow flowers with yellow centers on 6-foot-tall plants.
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Teddy Bear double sunflower

(Helianthus 'Teddy Bear') bears interesting double yellow flowers on a dwarf, 3-foot-tall plant.
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Velvet Queen sunflower

(Helianthus 'Velvet Queen') bears rich rusty-red flowers shaded with bronze on plants that grow 5 feet tall.
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