Torch Tithonia Butterfly Flower Seeds

Tithonia Torch, commonly known as the Mexican Sunflower, is a showy annual that brings a burst of fiery color to gardens and landscapes. Its large, daisy-like blooms in brilliant shades of orange-red sit atop sturdy, branching stems, creating a dramatic and cheerful display. This vigorous grower thrives in full sun and well-draining soil, showing remarkable resilience in heat and drought conditions. Reaching heights of up to 5-6 feet, it provides a striking vertical element in borders, cottage gardens, or as a backdrop for shorter plants.

Variety Details

• Plant type: Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Tithonia Torch, commonly known as the Mexican Sunflower, is a showy annual that brings a burst of fiery color to gardens and landscapes.
• Recorded feature: Container Compatible
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Light: Full Sun
• Planting season: Spring or Summer
• Recorded USDA zones: 10, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Torch Tithonia Butterfly 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.

The velvety green foliage adds a lush, tropical feel, further enhancing its visual appeal.

Place Torch Tithonia Butterfly 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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