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(Helianthus)

Sunflower Index

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice

 

Additional Info

Annual
20°C
Average layer vermiculite
Sow spring and summer pots, containers.
Can be sown into open ground
Keep well fed and watered. Grow in a sunny site.

Direct Sowing
Sow April to late June, direct into the flowering position. Distance between rows depends on variety but up to 40cm for larger varieties. Space plants average 12-15 cm apart. Lightly cover the seeds and keep the seed bed moist. The optimum temperature for germination is 20°C minimum 5°C  Sowing to first cutting approx 60 days in mid summer.

POLLEN FREE VARIETIES
Pollen free types are excellent for cut flowers, they are uniform and vigorous in growth even under low temperature and short day conditions. Dense planting will provide quality cut flowers. Pollen free varieties can be sown September to March under glass and April to August outdoors.  Min night temp 8°C day max temp 25°C require little or no fertilizer and water sparingly.

 

Sunflower Sonja  1.1m
A new type for cutting with long laterals without side branches. Tangerine orange with a dark centre.

pkt approx 20 seeds

pkt approx 50 seeds

tpkt approx 150 seeds

 

 

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Sunflower Earthwalker    2-3m
A tall strong multi-head type. A mixture of brown and terra-coloured flowers all having dark centres. Tall strong stemmed, side branching multi-headed variety.

 

pkt approx 16 seeds

pkt approx 40 seeds

tpkt approx 120 seeds


 

 Sunflower Earthwalker

Sunflower Pastiche    150cm
Beautiful flowers in all shades between gold and red with several bi-colour and tri-colour heads. Basal branching superb cutting variety.

pkt approx 24 seeds

pkt approx 60 seeds

tpkt approx 180 seeds

 Sunflower Pastiche

Sunflower Ikarus 1.2m
An abundance of light yellow flowers with dark centres, Ikarus has a unique branching habit that branches nearer the base, can be used as a cut flower

pkt approx 30 seeds

tpkt approx 90 seeds


 

Ikarus

Sunflower Index

Sunflower Moonbright 75cm
Lemon yellow flowers with brown centres, Moonbright is a pollen less variety that is ideal for cut flower production, it is also very uniform and vigorous in growth even under low temperatures and short day conditions

pkt approx 30 seeds

tpkt approx 90 seeds


 

 

 

Moonbright

Sunflower Sunbeam 75cm
Golden yellow flowers with a greenish yellow centre, again is a pollen less variety with the same habits as Moonbright

pkt approx 30 seeds

tpkt approx 90 seeds


 

 

 

Sunbeam

 

Sunflower Sunbright Supreme 75 cm
Currently the Nunber 1 cut flower variety in the UK
Golden yellow flowers with a brown centre, pollen less variety making it ideal for cut flowers, similar in habit to Moonbright and Sunbeam

pkt approx 30 seeds

tpkt approx 90 seeds


 

 

 

Sunbright

Sunflower Sungold 150cm
Double golden yellow flowers on compact plants. Excellent for cut flowers.

pkt approx 52 seeds

pkt approx 130 seeds

tpkt approx 390 seeds


 

 

 

  

Sunflower Pacino 30-40cm
An improved pot type with a better branching habit and more flowers. As central flowers open, lateral branches have well developed buds producing bright-yellow flowers with small centres

pkt approx 16 seeds

pkt approx 40 seeds

tpkt approx 120 seeds


 

 

 

Pacino

Sunflower Soraya 1.8m
Rich orange flowers with dark centres. Soraya is the 'big sister' to Sonja both having similar flower colours, but Soraya has larger flowers and even thicker, sturdier stems. Ideal for cut flowers

pkt approx 40 seeds

tpkt approx 120 seeds

 

 

Soraya

 

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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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