Sunflowers

[kevin nee]

It doesn’t take much to make me HAPPY!
13’8” to the top of the window.

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[Mike Chance in Iowa]

Very cool. I planted a small packet of dwarf sunflower seeds this year and 5 were viable. The dwarfs have been making us happy as they peek in at us from the deck.

[Frederick Skelly]

That’s neat. Maybe I’ll plant some next year!

[Edward Weber]

I never had one grow that tall, what variety is it?

[Doug Garson]

We've grown them up to 10 to 12 ft but those must be close to 16 ft, very impressive.

[George Yetka]

There is, or was a field last year of sunflowers local to us. The birds brought us some seeds. So we have 4-5 of them growing this year. But they are only a few feet tall

[Brian Runau]

I put in a cutting garden for my wife when we downsized tot his home in 2005. Nice to have cut flowers all summer.

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[Rich Konopka]

We plant them because they are such a great reminder of summer. Be sure to leave them up throughout winter. Goldfinch are attracted to them for their seeds.

[Doug Garson]

Chickadees love them too.

[kevin nee]

Entered a local fair and had the tallest sunflower

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[Jim Becker]

Once of the kewel things about sunflowers is that there are so many varieties...some are obviously "colossal" in size like showing the OP, but many are smaller and easily integrated into a variety of garden situations. The volunteers that come up from our bird feeders are relatively small, but just as beautiful to enjoy.

[Dan Hunkele]

My uncle also enjoyed growing tall sunflowers for his local fair. Always amazed me how tall they got.

[Rob Luter]

When I was a kid we'd always plant a row or two at one end of our garden. They were usually picked bare well before Thanksgiving day.