Bright Bandolier Bouquet Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower - Bright Bandolier - Helianthus annuus Annual - This exceptionally ornamental mixture of sunny yellow and warm burnished mahogany is a beautifully balanced palette of classic sunflower shades. The easy-to-grow plants bear large big flowers that frame the summer garden with plenty to cut for perfectly contrasting bouquets of clear colors with pretty chocolate centers. Soil & Water: Make several sowings 3 weeks apart to have a succession of bloom. Keep soil moist and well-weeded and protect seedlings from hungry birds with netting or plastic berry baskets, removing before plants get crowded.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Helianthus annuus
• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Soil & Water: Make several sowings 3 weeks apart to have a succession of bloom.
• Recorded feature: Good Cut Flower
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 8-10 Days
• Height At Maturity: 5-7 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 12-15"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Bright Bandolier Bouquet Sunflower 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 Bright Bandolier Bouquet Sunflower 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.

Use a dated label for Bright Bandolier Bouquet Sunflower and compare actual emergence, growth, and harvest or bloom timing with the ranges in the current record. Local soil, temperature, light, moisture, and planting date can shift results. Keep observations with the remaining packet so the next sowing can be adjusted without replacing product-specific measurements with a universal calendar.

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