Absolutely beautiful. Grew this plant for the first time this year and purchased the seeds from my grocery store that carries Bitanical Interest seeds. Planted more than one plant all over in different gardens around my house and the one that did the best was the one that got the top chewed off by a critter. It bushed out beautifully and is still blooming. The others were kind of leggy before they started to bush out and needed to be staked. This one I haven't needed to stake yet. So next year I'm gonna pinch off the tops myself like I do with many of my other plants. It will continue to bloom around the middle of October or so when we get our first first here in N.Y. And from now on it's a garden must for the butterflies.
Amazing! That's really good to know. It makes sense that it would bush out more when the top is cut off. Just like a pepper plant. I'll try that next year. Thanks for sharing!
I grew one of these last summer. I will do it again this summer. This is a stunning plant. I saved a few seed heads, I plan on sowing a border along the wood line .
i planted this for the first time last year and have some this year...the new sprouts leaves feel like velvet and even when the plant is around 2 feet tall the stem is just velvety and soft...The flowers are bright neon orange, i just love them...harvested all the seeds!! great sunflower
Yesss! Such a great flower. Love the velvety texture of the leaves and stems. I'm growing some more this year but they're still small. Can't wait for the flowers to arrive!
Hey man, Dale here. I just discovered your channel last week, it’s great. I’m loving your Garden Spotlight vids, I’m going through and eating all of them and make a list of seed I have to try. Great job. 👍🏻
Hey Dale! Thanks so much for watching! I'm really glad you found my little channel :) I'm super excited for this growing season. I have a bunch of new varieties to try and I plan to make spotlight videos on all of them. I'm a little behind the 8-ball right now but I plan to start my first seeds this weekend! Stay tuned for more videos and thanks again for stopping by!
I love this plant! Great idea to stake it. I’ll do that this yr. I planted a few last yr., & they took over the bed. I couldn’t access my beans on the fence, so I cut it down. About a month later, it was right back! This yr., I’ll just let it have the bed to itself. 🌻
Oh man! Yes, this guy needs his own area of the garden. I didn't realize they got this big the first year I grew them too. Now they're a staple in the garden! I want to plant some in my front yard too. So pretty.
I only got one from the seeds I planted but it’s huge. Mine hasn’t flowered yet so I am hoping it does before our first frost. I’m in the Pacific Northwest zone 8b and we are not supposed to get our first frost until November. Fingers crossed!
Sometimes one is all you need! I think you'll have plenty of time to enjoy the blooms before the frost comes :) Once they get started they really start to pick up. Enjoy!
The leaves are eatable....pick tender ones tastes like pumpkin leaves! I complained for years about 'this weed' in my backyard during rain season and if it had any use!! Not until last year did i discover i was sitting on 'gold mine '!!! I dont need fertiliser its on my fingertips at no cost!!!
Sunflower seeds are good for diabetes [ Prevention ]: I am a Biologist and a Pharmacist by education. It is very sad the Pharmacy Curriculum here in USA do not have Pharmacognosy [ I took a Post Graduate at USC, University of Southern California. I finished B. S. Pharmacy in the Philippines, and we have the Subject: Pharmacognosy.....almost all plants have Medicinal Values that are yet to be discovered, I assume by College of Naturophaty....India study a lot about medicinal plants and Europe, 2ndly.....It is sad we use too much synthetic drugs, and so dependent upon it, rather than learning to eat food from nature good for our health.
Absolutely beautiful. Grew this plant for the first time this year and purchased the seeds from my grocery store that carries Bitanical Interest seeds. Planted more than one plant all over in different gardens around my house and the one that did the best was the one that got the top chewed off by a critter. It bushed out beautifully and is still blooming. The others were kind of leggy before they started to bush out and needed to be staked. This one I haven't needed to stake yet. So next year I'm gonna pinch off the tops myself like I do with many of my other plants. It will continue to bloom around the middle of October or so when we get our first first here in N.Y. And from now on it's a garden must for the butterflies.
Amazing! That's really good to know. It makes sense that it would bush out more when the top is cut off. Just like a pepper plant. I'll try that next year. Thanks for sharing!
I grew one of these last summer. I will do it again this summer. This is a stunning plant.
I saved a few seed heads, I plan on sowing a border along the wood line .
I agree 100% Beautiful plant! Smart to save the seed heads. Amazing how many seeds you can get off one plant. Hope you have a great gardening season!
i planted this for the first time last year and have some this year...the new sprouts leaves feel like velvet and even when the plant is around 2 feet tall the stem is just velvety and soft...The flowers are bright neon orange, i just love them...harvested all the seeds!! great sunflower
Yesss! Such a great flower. Love the velvety texture of the leaves and stems. I'm growing some more this year but they're still small. Can't wait for the flowers to arrive!
That is so tall and wide. Beautiful!!
Seriously!! Very impressive plant. I just ordered my "Pippins Golden Honey" seeds. I'll be thinking of you when I'm growing that plant next year!
Hey man, Dale here. I just discovered your channel last week, it’s great. I’m loving your Garden Spotlight vids, I’m going through and eating all of them and make a list of seed I have to try. Great job. 👍🏻
Hey Dale! Thanks so much for watching! I'm really glad you found my little channel :) I'm super excited for this growing season. I have a bunch of new varieties to try and I plan to make spotlight videos on all of them. I'm a little behind the 8-ball right now but I plan to start my first seeds this weekend! Stay tuned for more videos and thanks again for stopping by!
I love this plant! Great idea to stake it. I’ll do that this yr.
I planted a few last yr., & they took over the bed. I couldn’t access my beans on the fence, so I cut it down. About a month later, it was right back! This yr., I’ll just let it have the bed to itself. 🌻
Oh man! Yes, this guy needs his own area of the garden. I didn't realize they got this big the first year I grew them too. Now they're a staple in the garden! I want to plant some in my front yard too. So pretty.
I only got one from the seeds I planted but it’s huge. Mine hasn’t flowered yet so I am hoping it does before our first frost. I’m in the Pacific Northwest zone 8b and we are not supposed to get our first frost until November. Fingers crossed!
Sometimes one is all you need! I think you'll have plenty of time to enjoy the blooms before the frost comes :) Once they get started they really start to pick up. Enjoy!
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Good to know, thank you!
The leaves are eatable....pick tender ones tastes like pumpkin leaves! I complained for years about 'this weed' in my backyard during rain season and if it had any use!! Not until last year did i discover i was sitting on 'gold mine '!!! I dont need fertiliser its on my fingertips at no cost!!!
WOW! I have to try this. Thanks for sharing!
You're such a cutie 🙃😋
It looks pretty hardy. Does it die back in winter where you're at?
Hello! Yes, in my zone 7 it does die at the end of each season. But luckily it is pretty easy to start again from seed :)
Sunflower seeds are good for diabetes [ Prevention ]: I am a Biologist and a Pharmacist by education. It is very sad the Pharmacy Curriculum here in USA do not have Pharmacognosy [ I took a Post Graduate at USC, University of Southern California. I finished B. S. Pharmacy in the Philippines, and we have the Subject: Pharmacognosy.....almost all plants have Medicinal Values that are yet to be discovered, I assume by College of Naturophaty....India study a lot about medicinal plants and Europe, 2ndly.....It is sad we use too much synthetic drugs, and so dependent upon it, rather than learning to eat food from nature good for our health.
Thank you for sharing! I totally agree. It's sad that we've become so dependent on synthetic drugs when there are many natural remedies available.