Sunflower

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is one of nature's most iconic and universally beloved flowering annuals, celebrated for its bold, cheerful golden-yellow blooms with dramatic dark brown centers that embody the full warmth and joy of summer. Native to North America, the common sunflower is a fast-growing, sun-chasing annual that brings instant drama and vertical impact to the summer garden with its large, showy flowers held high on tall, sturdy stems. Whether planted as a bold back-of-border statement, a living privacy screen, or a dedicated cutting garden crop, Helianthus annuus delivers unmatched summer presence and a generous harvest of blooms that are as beautiful in a vase as they are in the garden.

These Professional Grade 4" plants are grown to the highest nursery standards, producing strong, well-rooted transplants that establish quickly and race toward the sun with vigorous, fast growth. Sunflowers thrive in full sun with average to lean, well-drained soil and are highly tolerant of summer heat — performing best in the warmest, sunniest garden positions available. Their deep, rapidly developing root systems anchor firmly and support impressive above-ground growth with minimal supplemental care throughout the growing season.

• Classic Golden-Yellow Summer Blooms: Large, cheerful golden-yellow flowers with dark brown centers deliver the quintessential summer garden display, bringing warmth, color, and joy to borders, cutting gardens, and landscape plantings.
• Fast Growing & Impressively Tall: One of the fastest-growing annual flowers available, reaching impressive heights in a single season and providing bold vertical structure and drama to the summer garden.
• Outstanding Cut Flower: Long, sturdy stems and long-lasting blooms make Helianthus annuus one of the most rewarding annual cut flowers, perfect for fresh summer bouquets and floral arrangements.
• Essential Wildlife Plant: A magnet for bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects during bloom; mature seed heads provide a critically important food source for songbirds, finches, and other wildlife at season's end.
• Heat Tolerant & Low Maintenance: Thrives in full summer heat with minimal supplemental irrigation once established — actually performing better in lean, well-drained soils than in overly rich or wet garden conditions.

These 4" healthy live plants thrive in full sun with average to lean, well-drained soil. Water regularly until established, then water deeply but infrequently. Sunflowers are frost-sensitive — plant after all danger of frost has passed. Blooms approximately 60–80 days from transplant depending on growing conditions. Heat tolerant and low maintenance throughout the growing season. Allow seed heads to mature on the plant at season's end to provide food for birds and wildlife.