This one is my favorite so far. Tawny yellow. There should be more variations to follow

Ohhhh, so pretty! I always think sunflowers are one of the happiest flowers there is. My mother, who is almost 83, still regularly tells the story about when she was a child and grew sunflowers that were taller than the roof of her home. Shuffles, do yours have a lot of height? And do you harvest the seeds from your flowers for planting the next year?

Carol in Jacksonville

Very pretty and colorful sunflowers!

Silvia

I love sun flowers and those are beautiful

Very pretty! I like the 2nd and 3rd pics the best. The 3rd one reminds me a little of Strawberry Blonde sunflower but looks a little more lilac in the photo!

I planted 11 different kinds of sunflowers this year. I agree, they do make you smile when you look upon them.

Thank you all for your comments. Sultry, do you save seeds? Mine are so mixed up I have no known varieties. They are mixtures from various species. Many come out like photo two. Not spectacular, but I like it anyway. If you save seeds, I would like to swap. I have one coming that is all yellow with a yellow center. A big benefit of growing sunflowers is these beauties feed the birds.

hi shuffles, I haven't grown sunflowers in a while except the Joker, but I bought a bunch of new seeds this year. The only seeds I have from last year are from The Joker. This is a hybrid so I have no clue how the seeds would turn out. I planted some anyways lol. I will be happy to trade seeds with you once all mine start blooming and developing seeds.

I also get the large bags of black oil sunflower seed for my chickens. I should plant some of those too lol.

I got some dwarf teddy bear-type of sunflowers that I started in a pot last month then I planted them out in the garden last weekend and they are already blooming! They are only a foot tall LOL! I suspect the pot growth stunted them, I think they were supposed to be around 3 ft. I will try and get a picture of them. They are so cute.

Here is another one.

I also love sunflowers, but here in 10b I have a hard time growing them. Is it the climate or maybe it's just me :) do you buy seeds or plants?

That last one looks like a sun for real!

Elizabeth, I will try to save seeds from the tallest for you.

bellagirl, I don't buy seeds or plants. I save seed each year and grow from those. What months have you tried growing sunflowers?

I love that last one!!

Here are a few pics of my Baby Teddy Bear dwarf sunflowers that are blooming now. Some of these aren't even a foot tall lol. I put them in the front of my veggie and herb garden this year. They are a cheerful welcome :)

s-j-n, those are beauties! I had a medium size plant with similar flowers a couple years ago. Somehow I misplaced the seeds.

A question. Do your sunflowers get many visits from pollinators? I'm especially interested in butterflies.

Yes, pollinators are all over them. Butterflies not so much. Mostly there is a bee that looks like a miniature honey bee.

My daughter planted them one year and they were a hit. I think it's time to plant again. I just love them. Yours are beautiful! I especially love the ruffled one that looks like an actual sun.

Bees especially love the sunflowers. I see tiny butterflies as well but mostly bees.

halfwaythere: What a great photo story of your daughter with her sunflowers! She is a cutie!

I live in Florida and not having any luck in growing sunflowers! Help! THese are my favorite and I can't seem to get them to grow more than 2 feet. THeyll grow then flower young then die off. Sighs.

I think that is what sunflowers do. They grow; they bloom, then they die, leaving seeds for more sunflowers, hopefully. Perhaps there are some of this genus that keep blooming?

@angelimperfect36 I bought a bag of seeds in Walmart labeled "mammoth". Is it possible you are planting the smaller sunflowers? I had mine in full sun.

I saw this quote in the Orlando Sentinel today. "Helen Keller once said, "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.""

These flowers are from seeds saved this Spring. I should have offered them long before this, but life interferes. Anyone who would like seeds to plant early next year can have an assortment of seeds that produced these. Just send me enough postage for a small bubble pack mailer. So far, there have been no all yellow flowers even though I planted a couple dozen seeds from the all yellow plant from last Spring. That is disappointing

I tried to attach photos, but failed. I will have to come back later.

I love them , and so do squirrels, my biggest. Problem. Yours are pretty.

My hubby adores sunflowers. He would love some seeds. Can you please PM your address? And thanks for sharing.