The Sunflower Garden is a fun place to see many different
types of a flower you may think you are familiar with!
This garden includes
19 varieties of sunflowers. These varieties are evaluated
for disease and pest resistance, as well as flowering characteristics.
| Common Name |
Description |
Sunspot Dwarf
|
18 inches tall; this variety
has huge 10 inch yellow flowers and can be used for cut
flowers or in planters. |
Teddy Bear
|
24 inches tall. The plants
have 8 inch double golden plush looking blooms that,
because of their height, can easily be incorporated in
a standard garden. |
Moonshine
|
This 4 foot variety has cool,
pale lemon petals surrounding a large dark, center— A
unique medium size sunflower with a large flower. |
Autumn Beauty Mixed colors
|
This sunflower choice has
flowers that include rust, orange and bicolor blooms
on a 4-6 foot plant. They are considered one of the best
for bouquets in addition to looking great in the summer
garden. |
Golden Hedge
|
Height: 4-5 feet. This is
a unique, pollen-less variety that branches well. They
have flowers with light centered, golden 6 inch blooms
that make great cut flowers because they don’t
shed. They will actually form a hedge when planted in
a row due to their branching habit |
Mixed Colors
|
As the name describes, the
blooms are of mixed colors. The plants arc expected to
get at least 4.5 feet tall. Flowers can be lemon, gold,
cream, bronze and crimson. |
Red Sun
|
This sunflower reaches a
height of 5 feet. Its vivid blooms are various shades
of crimson and red making it a focal point, in a drab
garden. |
Ebony and Gold
|
5 to 6 foot plants. Each
plant has several 5-inch golden blooms that include a
larger than normal black eye.
|
Evening Sun Mixed Colors
|
This 5- 6 loot variety is
described as having a glowing assortment of sunset colors
with velvety petals that make the flowers more intense.
A large percentage of the flowers are expected to be
of red and mahogany shades.
|
Vanilla Ice
|
A 5-6 foot tall variety.
The color of this sunflower is described as the color
of French vanilla ice cream with a dark chocolate center.
The single blooms are in clusters on slightly curved
stems. This sunflower is considered to be one of the
best for bouquets, as the cut flowers are long lasting
and the plant tends to produce more blooms after each
cutting. |
Velvet Queen
|
A 5-6 foot variety that has
crimson red blooms that are 8-10 inches across, the dark
centered blooms have petals with the texture of velvet.
|
Lemon Queen
|
Height 5-6 feet. This dark
eyed sunflower produces large 10 inch lemon yellow flowers
with semi-double petals on a well branched plant. |
Strawberry Blonde Hybrid
|
A 6 foot plant with 5 to
6 inch rose pink blooms with dark centers; the plants
are well branched for cutting and the uniquely colored
flowers are pollen-less. |
Moulin Rouge Hybrid
|
This is a 6 foot variety
with dark red flowers that is expected to be one of the
most noticeable in the garden. |
Bohemian Rhapsody hybrid
|
This 6 foot sunflower has
bi-color pollen-less flowers with a pleasing blend of
red and gold. Excellent for cut flowers. |
Royal Flush hybrid
|
A 6 foot sunflower excellent
for cut flowers due to blooms of assorted shades of red,
rust, gold and yellow; blooms have many variations of
form and fullness. |
Double Sungold
|
This sunflower gets 6 feet
tall, with unique, unusual golden blooms that are rounded,
fuzzy looking and large. The centers of the flowers are
green.
|
Golden Cheer Hybrid
|
Height 6 feet. This is an
English variety with a branching habit. Blooms are up
to 5 inches across and can be used for cutting. This
hybrid is pollen free. |
Mammoth |
This variety gets 7 to 12
feet tall with one huge flower that is 12 inches across.
The big dark brown eye is surrounded by golden petals.
As the flowers fade, the seeds mature and make great
eating if you can keep the birds away! This is one of
the best for wildlife. |