Sunflower Seeds - Summer Breeze

$500
Flower Seeds

Average Seed Count: 25

Our favorite branching sunflowers, together in one easy-to-grow mix. Varieties are selected to provide a nice color balance, as well as for their similar ranges of plant height and bloom time. Blooms average 4–6" at the recommended spacing. This mix is a good choice for cutting gardens, roadside displays, farm beautification, and garden beds. Compared to Autumn Beauty, Summer Breeze Mix has pollenless blooms that represent a greater diversity of color and shape; also, plants are shorter, more compact, and easier to manage.

Edible Flowers: Flower buds can be fried and the petals used as a garnish in salads and desserts; the flavor is bittersweet.

Helianthus annuus

Details:

  • Life Cycle: Annual
  • Days to Maturity: 60-70
  • Light: Full Sun
  • Plant Spacing: 4-6"
  • Plant Height: 48-72"

Sowing Info:

  • Seed Depth: 1/2"
  • Days to Germination: 7-14 days at 70-75°F (21-24°C)

Growing Info

Direct seed (recommended) - After last frost, sow 1/2" deep. Transplant - Sow into 72 to 50-cell flats 2-3 weeks prior to planting out. Plants dislike root disturbance, but sowing indoors and then transplanting the first crop outdoors can be a successful way to get first-early sunflowers. Do not pinch plants. Pinched single-stem sunflowers will produce low-quality blooms or no blooms at all. Succession-sow every 1-2 weeks and/or plant multiple varieties with varied days to maturity for continuous harvest.