• The Birds & Bees Songbird Sunflower Flower Seeds Renee's Garden
  • The Birds & Bees Songbird Sunflower Flower Seeds Renee's Garden
  • The Birds & Bees Songbird Sunflower Flower Seeds Renee's Garden
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Item Number: SWF5962

‘The Birds & Bees Sunflowers’ Songbird/Pollinator Flower Seeds

A Rich Pollen and Nectar Source for Bees

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Description

Sunflower - Birds & Bees (Heirloom) - Helianthus annuus Annual - Enhance your garden's eco-system with these sturdy, 6 - 8' tall sunflowers whose golden-yellow petals and chocolate centers seem to literally follow the sun. During blooming season they offer a rich pollen and nectar source for foraging honey bees, native bees and any other garden pollinators. At maturity, these black seeded sunflowers provide particularly oil-rich kernels with somewhat softer shells than others, yielding seed for visiting birds. Soil & Water: Make several sowings several weeks apart to have a succession of flowers in full bloom.

Variety Details

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

Sowing & Growing

  • Soil Temperature: above 50°F
  • Planting Depth: 1"
  • Germination: 8-10 Days
  • Height At Maturity: 6-7 feet
  • Sun/Shade: Full Sun
  • Spacing After Thinning: 12"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for ‘The Birds & Bees Sunflowers’ Songbird/Pollinator Flower 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 ‘The Birds & Bees Sunflowers’ Songbird/Pollinator Flower 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

Ships from Northern CA.

Shipping Weight: 0.01 lb

Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.125"W x 0.1"H

Features

  • Attracts Bees/Butterflies
  • Does Not Require Support
  • Good Cut Flower
  • Good Fall Color
  • Heat Tolerant
  • Heirloom
  • Requires Summer Water
  • Somewhat Drought Tolerant
  • Suited to Warmer Climates
  • Useful for Ornamental

Characteristics

USDA Growing Zone: 3 - 9
Bloom Season : Fall
Bloom Season : Summer
Flower Color : Yellow
Growth Habit : Upright
Life Cycle : Annual
Plant Usage : Attracts Bees/Butterflies
Plant Usage : Attracts Birds
Plant Usage : Ornamental
Planting Time : Spring
Planting Time : Summer
Seed Unit Sizes : Seed Pack
Sun Requirements : Full Sun

Planting & Care

Planting:To Plant Outdoors: Plant in full sun in good garden soil when weather is warm and settled both day and night and all danger of frost has passed. Poke seeds into well-worked soil about 1/2" deep, 4 - 5" apart. Press soil firmly over seeds and keep moist until seedlings emerge in 8 - 10 days. Thin to 12 - 15" apart when seedlings are large enough to handle. To Start Indoors: Several weeks before the last frost date, sow seeds 1/2" deep in individual pots of well-drained seed starting mix. Keep moist and provide a strong light source until ready to plant outside when seedlings are large enough to handle. When weather has warmed into the 50°F range, transplant 12" apart in full sun, disturbing the roots as little as possible.

Growing: As flowers bloom, bees pollinate the florets in each head and the seeds begin to mature. When the center disc florets have dried up, birds of all sorts will visit to snack on the ripening seed heads. To harvest fo feeding birds in the fall and winter, cover heads with paper bags till ripened kernels are plump and hard-shelled, then cut entire heads, let them fully dry and remove the seeds by hand or by rubbing over a wire screen into a basket. Store in closed containers to feed as needed.

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