I love sunflowers! I’ve tried to grow them a few times, but they’ve been the single stalk variety that seem to take forevvvvvvver. Plus, I’ve only planted, like 5 plants. I don’t know why. That just seems to be how it worked out.
But this year.
This year I planted the branching variety and they’re really starting to bloom. I’ll take more pictures soon, but I wanted to show these off right away.
They’re really pretty.
My zinnias are blooming, too!
If you want to read more about my gardening adventures this summer, check out Garden Update!, Germination: Highs and Lows, and Starting a Cut Flower Garden!
Spiked M Ranch 
That’s a gorgeous sunflower. Variety name?
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Thanks! It’s called Strawberry Lemonade Mix (F1) from Johnny’s. They are so pretty!
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The big ones are too big anyway! They are not the sort of flower you would want to cut and bring inside! I grew branched sunflowers years ago for a neighbor from Oklahoma, and really got to liking them! The finches loved them too!
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Agreed! I cut a few and brought them in yesterday, and they’re the perfect size.
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I sort of snuck some of the lower flowers from my old sunflowers where no one would miss them, and brought them in. The next day, I returned from work to find a raging party of finches in the dining room, with the big vase of water knocked over, and frass and poop and even a few feathers EVERYWHERE!
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It was too funny to be angry about. Besides, finches are cool!
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What! That’s crazy! I haven’t really noticed any finches around ours, but I’ll keep a look out.
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I would not have expected them to want the seed from flowers that were still blooming. I would have thought that those seed would have been too green for them. As those left out in the garden dried, the finches REALLY partied. Fortunately, they stayed outside. Yours might still be too fresh.
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I’ll be keeping an eye out for them!
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