Item Number: SWF171
Mexican Sunflower (pack)
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Description
Description
Mexican Sunflower is presented as a specific flower selection for gardeners comparing choices by growth habit, seasonal timing, mature size, and intended use. The description below separates identifying traits from sowing and growing information, keeps numerical ranges visible when they are present in the product record, and avoids turning general crop guidance into a fixed promise. Use these details with the packet and local conditions when planning the planting, then record actual emergence, harvest, or bloom timing for future sowings successfully.
Variety Details
- Botanical name: Tithonia rotundifolia
- Plant type: Annual
- Growth habit: Upright
- Crop category: Flower seed
- Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
- Product format: Seed packet
Sowing & Growing
- USDA Zone: 3-10
- Plant In: Spring
- Planting Depth: 1/4"
- Days to Germinate: 7-14 Days
- Height At Maturity: 3'-5'
- Sun/Shade Requirements: Full Sun
- Water Needs: Moderate Water
Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Mexican Sunflower (pack) and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.
Place Mexican Sunflower (pack) where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.
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Shipping Information
Shipping Information
Cannot ship to the following states: AZ, MI
Shipping Weight: 0.0 lb
Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.25"W x 0.1"H
Features
Features
- Attracts Bees/Butterflies
- Attracts Beneficial Insects
- Good Fall Color
- Open-Pollinated
- Somewhat Drought Tolerant
Characteristics
Characteristics
Planting & Care
Planting & Care
Useful Information
Useful Information
Guarantee
Guarantee
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The very top flower bud opened this weekend and I am thrilled. The other buds on the same plant are close to opening. I planted only three but I am really pleased. American sunflowers are next on my 'wish list'.
I've grown these Mexican sunflowers in the past and was searching for more seeds. Grow Organics had what I wanted. Striking color in the garden that bees, and beneficials flock towards it.
I once grew this flower in a community garden and got in trouble because it grew TOO BIG!!! It was gloriously HUGE, towering over the other gardeners plots. Unfortunately, that particular community garden had a ridiculous rule that plots could only contain 10% flowers and must contain 90% vegetables. Technically, at ground level, this plant took up less than 10% of our plot but it towered upwards and spread out to an immensely wonderful height and width and we got chastised and lectured by the committee for being out of compliance with the garden regulations. We became "Community Garden Rebels"!!! Plant the seeds when the soil is thoroughly warm and it\'s easy to grow. I grow it nearly every year.
have grown these in Denver for many years....they are more like a shrub....a stunning shrub.....don't crowd them
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