Lemon Queen - Sunflower

First time growing sunflowers and these were a hit with my kids. Even got shaded out by some vines in my yard and held on! Pollinator magnets and kept the wildlife busy as they matured. Going to try replanting next year in a different area for even better success (I managed to snag a single flower before the squirrels did!).

These guys are gigantic, ten feet up, they also have a million flowers, and both the finches and the bees adore them to pieces, literally in the finches' case. They are easy to grow and they volunteer like nothing else, they shield lots of fat seeds that will make squirrels and jays fight for the privilege to eat them. All in all great! Unfortunately, the tons of flowers and the gigantic stalks will make these guys very top heavy, and they will topple over eventually, long before being done. Mine did just that right now, narrowly missing my peppers, and it breaks your heart seeing the poor bees working as hard as possible on flowers that will be gone by tomorrow. If you can somehow bolster them, give them a go, they are great, otherwise do like I'm doing right now and look for a smaller variety!

Beautiful yellow clusters! So easy to grow. Plant, water, that’s it! The bees love them! Very pretty to have!

I received these as a free gift with my order and now plan to grow them regularly. These grew 10-12 feet with many flowers. The birds loved them and the best part is the squirrels didn't bother with them (I guess the seeds weren't big enough to warrant climbing that high). Beautiful plants! I did grow them on a wall and gave them a little support.

Received these as a free gift - THANK YOU! I was amazed by them! Tons of flowers all summer, and i mean the birds loved them, the bees too. I even watched chipmunks climb them to the top for the seeds! Several reached 10-12' tall and the big ones (the ones i planted earliest) must have produced 2 doz flowers each! The first flower heads were the biggest, by the end of the season the flowers were smaller but just as lovely. You have inspired me to triple my sunflower plantings this coming summer. Love your seeds!