My own sunflower cultivar! - August 2nd, 2005 at 11:35 AM
This is really amazing me. Last year, I planted some dwarf sunflowers (18-24", single large flower) and some of those tall, branchy types with the smaller flowers. I saved the seeds and thought it would be neat to have dwarfs lining my vegie garden. Well, I guess all those warnings about things not coming true from seed are right! These are not at all what I expected, and they're kinda tall for the edge of the garden, but they're gorgeous! This is one plant, about 5 1/2 feet tall. It has 14 open flowers today. It had one large flower to start with, and the rest are on the smaller side, but not real branchy like the originals-yet so full!I wish I had planted these seeds along the fence, where I'm not having much luck with my "Mammoths".
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It seems like the best plants come about by accident-like the pumpkin that the birds planted-not only do I have a pumpkin, it's already orange! How long can I leave it on the vine? Is this normal? I thought they didn't turn until fall? Like I said...the best stuff is the stuff I don't plant
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It seems like the best plants come about by accident-like the pumpkin that the birds planted-not only do I have a pumpkin, it's already orange! How long can I leave it on the vine? Is this normal? I thought they didn't turn until fall? Like I said...the best stuff is the stuff I don't plant