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I love sunflowers

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…but haven’t grown them for a few years. Just loved this helpful review from someone who takes her sunflower growing seriously. Check out her blog

It’s time to report on this year’s trial of dwarf sunflowers. Late in the spring, the rushing around left no time to order the dwarf sunflower seeds online, so a packet of Burpee’s Sunflower Incredible (helianthus annuus ) was picked up at the local Target.
These would not be recommended in the future. In fact, this variety is not listed on Burpee’s web site, although it was sold in stores. A listing of the dwarf sunflowers I have grown, in my preferential order:

1. Sunny Smile – best for appearance
    2. Sunburst Lemon Aura
    3. Sunpspot – best for bird seed
    4. Incredible

About Ilona Erwin

I was a garden blog pioneer, and began writing on this blog in 2003. Before that I had begun a garden website that has been at its own domain since 2006, Ilona's Garden.

I still love writing, gardening, and art after all these years, although travel and grandchildren have become a big part of my life, now.

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