Itzy,
Time to go look for some fencing.
They have all types at big box stores and
Tractor Supply.
That is what I did. I keep my big fat male cat
in the fencing too. LOL! No animal problems.
Or give up on flowers.

Just about everything eats sunflowers. Deer love them and will eat them right down to the ground. Rabbits often eat the newly sprouted and even squirrels go after them, once they find them. Sunflowers hate to be transplanted but you might try growing them in large pots and then setting the pot where you want them after they get big if you can't protect them while they are babies.

Whenever I read or hear a gardening "expert" rant and rave about only planting perennials I always say - "a garden isn't a garden without sunflowers" (the same attitude goes for zinnias and numerous other annuals - I wouldn't want to garden without them).

Totally agree John...my husband does not understand why I bother with plants that need to be replace each year,last year I discovered Dahlias I'm in love with the bicolor ones,zinnias,marigolds,etc...anything easy to grow,AKA idiot proof I'm in:)will try containers for the sunflowers...

I grow impatiens every year! Been doing it for so long I get entire bunches of volunteers in the most interesting places. For the last 2 years I've had a whole washtub full of red impatiens (must be the dominent color); there's a few seedlings coming up now. I expect to have another big mound!

wow,Claudia I guess with time you learn to ID seedling I'm not there yet(except for marigolds and zinnias),I had some lazy people luck with plants that were clearly label as annuals and because I am extremetly lazy had left them neglected and survive all my Dahnlias,are sprouting back I guess the mild weather and they are planted at the top of a slope mulched,help me a lot:)

The biggest problem I've had with dahlias is that voles like to eat the tubers in the winter while they are dormant. When I have one that I really like, I dig it up and save it in a pot til spring. I got lazy this past winter and left my favorite one out and now its gone - waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

I agree with John. I have to have a few sunflowers even though I might not have the full-full sun they love. Most of the time I plant them in little individual cells so when I set them out I'm not disturbing the roots b/c they really hate to be disturbed. I really like the branching varieties b/c they are not so heavy.

I use Liquid Fence to stave off the deer. They love 'em. But the LF works.