Hot New Sunflowers to Grow
Article by: Yvonne Cunnington
In recent years, sunflowers have come into their own as cutting flowers. , Take the Blossom of Various Types of ing Trees There are many exciting new cultivars in a variety of shapes - from standard ray flowers , Sprucing Up Your Garden With Solar to pompoms or fuzzy disks.
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Cut sunflowers are expensive to buy, so if you have the space, it's well worth the effort to grow , Tips for a Bulb-o-licious Garden your own.
Unique sunflower cultivars to grow:
Many of the newer sunflower cultivars are pollenless, which makes them perfect for cutting and bringing into the house. , Seed Starting Tips
Here are some of my favorites:
- 'Ring of Fire': An AAS (All-America-Selections) winner with striking 5-inch wide pollenless flowers; bi-coloured petals in dark red around a chocolate brown center taper off to golden yellow tips. , Landscaping for Wildlife Grows , Creative Ideas For Beautiful Garden Art 4 to 5 feet tall; late-blooming.
- Sunflower 'Claret': An excellent cutting sunflower that keeps its intense velvet burgundy color , Garden Room Boundaries... in the summer , Landscaping Tips: Koi Pond Aeration Needed for Healthy Fish sun. Main stem grows , Handcrafted Garden Bridges Builds Traditional Arched Span Bridges with Modern Flair 6 feet tall; produces side-shoots with lots of blooms.
- 'Eversun': A deep yellow, early-blooming pollenless type with big 10- to 12-inch ray flowers , Fiberglass Pond Liners around a dark brown disk; flowers , Hammocks - Relax in a Hammock Bed, Chair, or Swing produced on one main stem.
- Sunflower 'Teddy Bear': I'm generally not a fan of overbred flowers, , Guaranteed Gladioli, Summer Colour that Returns but I've fallen in love with the sheer zaniness of this one. Has soft, fluffy, pompom heads that make handsome cut flowers; 2 to 3 feet tall with lots of flowers , Garden Sheds - More Than Just Storage per plant. , How to Prune Lilac Shrubs A perfect plant , Take the Blossom of Various Types of Flowering Trees for a children's garden , Room Boundaries... (and anyone who is young at heart). Does well in containers too.
- 'Giant Sungold' Sunflower: At 5 feet in height with lots of flower-bearing branches, this is a taller version of 'Teddy Bear'.
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