One of our favorite sunflowers that produces cuttings for vases, and attracts bees, birds and butterflies. These plants bloom heavily with large 8 inches wide, fluffy fully double blooms, resembling golden-yellow pompoms. Borne in clusters on stiff, course stems, the unusual flower heads continue over a long season and last a long time in a vase.
Although much taller than other garden plants, this multi-branching plant is not too tall to add to the back of a bed or border in a cottage, informal, cutting, or wildlife garden, where the flowers beckon to bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects, and the tasty seeds bring the birds flocking.
A favorite of florists for their unique texture, Tall Teddy Bear Sunflowers are a big hit with gardeners as well! Easy to grow, these fluffy headed beauties will reach nearly 6 feet tall! Be sure to cut sunflowers in the early morning to encourage longer-lasting blooms. 70 days.
IP030 Teddy Bear
Soft, fluffy, cushion-like flowers on shorter bushy plants. Fully double flower, petals completely cover center, golden, great dwarf novelty for pots, blooms 9 weeks from seed.
Versatile sunflower for field or container. Like our other dwarfs, the final height depends on the size of the container. Expect 8-12" plants from seeds directly sown in a 4" pot. 35-42" in the garden; 14-25" long stems. Earliest of the teddy types in trial, this branching variety will host 3-5" sunny, shaggy blooms. Popular with children. Minimal pollen. Ht. 8–12" in containers; 35–42" in the garden. 65-75 days.
IP095 Earthwalker Sunflower ( Helianthus )
Mix of hot terracotta colors with red/orange/mahogany tones, dark eyes, grows about 60" tall, blooms 11 weeks from seed.
IP270 Sunrich Orange
Highly uniform sunflowers. Ideal for cut flower production. Back after long absence, pollenless, medium size orange flowers, dark brown center. Ht. 36". 45 days.
LET541 Sunrich Gold Summer
Wide golden flowers, green eye, the perfect vase flower. The Sunrich Summer Series varieties make excellent cut flowers and are a reliable choice for commercial growers who are succession planting and harvesting. These pollenless varieties display vibrant petals in a range of yellows and oranges. The blooms average 4–6" in diameter, and height averages 36". The number of days to bloom for the Sunrich Summer Series is 50–60 days.
LET542 Sunrich Provence Summer
The earliest sunflower in the Sunrich series. Sturdy plants produce upward-facing, uniform blooms that are packed with petals. Classic sunflower colors—rich orange ray petals surround a black disk. 2–3 days earlier to bloom than Sunrich Orange Summer and 1–2 weeks earlier than Sunrich Orange. 4–6" bloom size. Pollenless. Single Stem. Ht. 65–75". 60-65 days.
FA16 Titan Sunflower
One of the tallest-growing, biggest-headed and largest seeded
varieties available to gardeners. This is the one for
impressing your neighbors and winning awards at county fairs. A
very uniform and much improved strain of "Uniflorus Giganteus".
Grow your own backyard giant this year; plants can grow 12'
tall with large yellow heads reaching 18-24" across! Excellent
bird and wildlife feed. Large seeds. 75 days
LET263 Red Mexican Torch Sunflower ( Tithonia Speciosa )
The incredible 3-4 inch red flowers are excellent for cutting. They also are butterfly magnets, particularly the Monarch butterfly. Red Torch will begin blooming in July or August and continues until frost. Place the Mexican Sunflower plant behind beds or borders where their coarse texture, rangy habit and vivid flowers will stand above less boisterous plantings. Tithonia may grow as a perennial in USDA Zones 10-11. The plant does well in hot sunny settings and will benefit from deadheading the spent blooms. Grows about 40 inches tall. 75 days.
LET264 Mexican Torch Sunflower Goldfinger ( Tithonia Speciosa )
Mexican Sunflower Goldfinger can be easily grown from seeds. The incredible 3-4 inch orange flowers are excellent for cutting. They also are butterfly magnets, particularly the Monarch butterfly. The plants begin blooming in July or August and continues until frost. Grow these flowers behind beds or borders where their coarse texture, rangy habit and vivid flowers will stand above less boisterous plantings. Orange Tithonia plants may grow as a perennial in USDA Zones 10 - 11. Grows about 28 inches tall. 70 days.
Jim's Plant Growth Stimulator
Please note that this is not a plant food or fertilize, this is a combination of natural ingredients intended to improve plant growth. Many greenhouse growers and commercial farms use a combination of these ingredients in their growing process. We have been using this formula in our gardens, fields and greenhouses since 1992, and we use it on everything we grow. We would not make this available to our customers if we did not firmly believe that it does enhance the growth and health of plants that it is applied to.
To see the results for yourself, we advise using it on some plants and not on others and see the difference.
Note: We only ship this product to addresses inside the USA.
The following ingredients are used in making Jim's Plant Growth Stimulator:
Gibberellic Acid
Gibberellic Acid is a member of a type of plant hormone called Gibberellins, which regulate the growth rate of plants. It was first discovered in Japan, in 1935 as a result of the study of a condition
common in rice plants called "foolish seedling" disease, which caused the plants to grow much taller than normal. The effects of gibberellins weren't widely understood until years later.
Gibberellic Acid is EPA approved, and is commercially used to grow most fruits and vegetables we eat.
B1 Vitamins and Plant Hormones
We add a blend of plant vitamins and hormones to stimulate plant growth and allow the plant to absorb food
from the soil quicker and also assimilate micronutrients that they may not normally be able to absorb due to various soil conditions.
Micronutrients
All plants benefit from micronutrients, so we've added a humic acid base with Boron (B), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo), Sulfur (S) and Zinc (Zn) in our solution.
Other ingredients
We also add a natural detergent additive that causes the sprayed on solution to "stick" to the plant leaves until the solution is absorbed by the plant, this detergent also discourages insects from feeding on the leaves for a short time after the solution is applied.
Each 8 ounce bottle of JPG01 Plant Growth Stimulator makes 16 gallons spray-on solution, you can also use a drench and pour it around the base of the plant if you prefer. The bottle comes with a 1/2 ounce measuring spoon, simply mix a half ounce of plant growth stimulator with a gallon of water and spray onto the plants, or drench the soil around the plant. :
Spray plants weekly, best to apply in early morning/late evening. Start spraying when plants are young. Can be sprayed onto vegetable plants upto harvest. Mix 1/2 ounce stimulator with one gallon of water.
JPG01 Plant Growth Stimulator