Common names:
Sunflower
Dwarf Sunflower

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Herb/Forb
Life cycle:Perennial
Sun Requirements:Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:In Water
Wet
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 2
Fruit:Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers:Other
Flower Color:Russet: dnegolar dd
Flower Time:Spring
Inflorescence Type:Compound
Uses:Salad greens
Cut Flower
Edible Parts:Sap
Dynamic Accumulator:P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
Mo (Molybdenum)
Wildlife Attractant:Bees
Butterflies
Resistances:Flood Resistant
Propagation: Seeds:Days to germinate
Depth to plant seed
Will not come true from seed: 7d-1y as4
Pollinators:Self
Birds
Containers:Not suitable for containers
Conservation status:Critically Endangered (CR)

Courtesy Harris Seeds

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Sunflowers Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus)

« The Sunflowers Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by crawgarden and is called ""

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.