Sunflower Sungold – Flower Seeds

About Sunflower Sungold

• Sunflowers are annuals with showy, daisylike flower-heads that are usually 2-4 inches across and bright yellow (though occasionally red).
• Tall and course, the plants have creeping or tuberous roots and large, bristly leaves.
• Today, varieties have even been developed for small spaces and containers.
• Most sunflowers are remarkably tough and easy to grow as long as the soil is not waterlogged.
• Most are heat- and drought-tolerant.
• They make excellent cut flowers and many are attractive to bees and birds.
• Smaller plants with big-time flower power.
• Striking compact, low-growing sunflower fills vase after beautiful vase with luminous, long-stemmed, brown-eyed, golden flowers.
• Heavy-branching, floriferous 20-30 feet tall plants will keep your home aglow with joyous blooms.
• Seeds per Packet is 50
• Common Name is sunflower, Helianthus(Botanical Name)
• Height: 20-30 inches
• Spread: 18-24 inches
• Flower Colour:  Yellow
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Difficulty Level: Easy to grow
• Planting and care: Water plants deeply but infrequently to encourage deep rooting
• Feed plants only sparingly; over-fertilization can cause stems to break in the fall
• Tall species and cultivars require support Bamboo stakes are a good choice for any plant that has a strong, single stem and needs support for a short period of time
• Sunflowers grow best in locations with the direct sun (6 to 8 hours per day); they prefer long, hot summers to flower well
• Sunflowers have long tap roots which need to stretch out so the plants prefer well-dug, loose, well-draining soil; in preparing a bed, dig down 2 feet in depth and about 3 feet across to ensure the soil
• Find a well-drained location, and prepare your soil by digging an area of about 2-3 feet in circumference to a depth of about 2 feet
• Though they’re not too fussy, sunflowers thrive in slightly acidic to somewhat alkaline (pH 6 to 7)
• Sunflowers are heavy feeders so the soil needs to be nutrient-rich with organic matter or composted (aged) manure Or, work in a slow-release granular fertilizer 8 inches deep into your soil