The Sunflower Bloom Has Begun

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Hopefully more soon :)
 
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I love sunflowers, I grew these from seed but forgot what variety they are because I threw away the packet.
That is an attractive Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cultivar, with deeply multi-colored ray flowers.
Some cultivars that may look similar include 'Autumn Beauty', 'Earthwalker, 'Evening Sun', 'Little Becka', 'Shock-o-lat', etc.
How tall were the plants that you grew?
 
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That is an attractive Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cultivar, with deeply multi-colored ray flowers.
Some cultivars that may look similar include 'Autumn Beauty', 'Earthwalker, 'Evening Sun', 'Little Becka', 'Shock-o-lat', etc.
How tall were the plants that you grew?
Just checked, it was the Royal Velvet F1. They grew to about 6 feet, once the main flower died back, smaller flower buds started shooting out alone the sides of the stem. I was surprised when this happened, I thought sunflowers only produced one flower head and that was the end of its lifecycle. But its continuing to shoot out new flower buds.
 

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Thank you for that indormation. Helianthus annuus 'Royal Velvet F1' seems to be a cultivar bred and distributed in Australia. It also sounds like it would be a good choice for cut flowers.
 

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