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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: Branching habit
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Ruby red with lemon yellow tips, though the intensity of color can vary
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Dye production
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Ca (Calcium)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Other info: Plant is pollenless, but can produce hybrid seeds
Pollinators: Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Sunflower

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Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: July 2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-13-2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: July 2015
Location: Lenore, ID
Date: 4-17-2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-5-2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-13-2015
Location: My garden, North Central Idaho
Date: 7-13-2015

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paleohunter On April 10, 2022 Seeds sown
paleohunter On April 12, 2021 Seeds sown
dnrevel On May 10, 2023 Obtained plant
Placed on heat mat to presprout before planting outside in new South fence sunflower cutting garden. Seed from Livingston.
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