12 Most Beautiful Sunflowers

Skyscraper Sunflower

Botanical Name: Helianthus

Height: 10-14ft

Flower Head: 12 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 to 6.8

Seed: Good for roasting

Description:

This bright yellow sunflower is go to grow in full sun condition and the flower head is supported by strong stalks. It is not only scrape skies, one of the tallest varieties of sunflower available, it is also good in tolerates heat and drought.

Mammoth Sunflower

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 9-12ft

Flower Head: 20 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 to 7.5

Seed: Good for produce oil

Description:

This bright yellow sunflower is single stem sunflower that was developed in Russia. During the 18th century, It was cultivated for oil. Comparing other varieties of Sunflower, it is producing a higher oil yield. Nowadays, mammoth sunflower seeds have been further hybridized and improved mainly for agricultural purposes and to meet the increasing worldwide demand for sunflower oil.

Sunflower Autumn Beauty

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 6-8 ft

Flower Head: 4-8 inch

Soil PH: 5.5 to 6.2

Description:

Sunflower Autumn Beauty normally come with warm earthen shade and multi-headed. It grows well in moist and full sun. It is commonly used as a backdrop for shorter plants in gardening and landscaping, Besides that, the Sunflower Autumn Beauty are very attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinators and the seed heads are loved by birds especially finches.

Sunflower Chocolate

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 1-2 ft

Flower Head: 4-6 inch

Soil PH: 6 to 7.5

Description:

Sunflower chocolate, as it is named, it is having a stunning branching sunflower in chocolate color with contrasting yellow stripping on the reverse. It is commonly used as cut flower and bouquet for decoration.

Sunflower Italian White

Botanical Name: Helianthus Debilis

Height: 4-5 ft

Flower Head: 4-6 inch

Soil PH: 5.5 to 7.5

Description:

Sunflower Italian White are having pale yellow to creamy white petal and dark center flower head. It is half hardy, easy to grow and full sunlight is required.

Sunflower Moulin Rouge

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 5-7 ft

Flower Head: 4-6 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 to 7.5

Description:

Sunflower Moulin Rouge is famous for its long vase time and strong branching variety with low pollen. It has deep burgundy red to dark cocoa color. Sunflower Moulin Rouge like full sun and occasional watering.

Sunflower Ox Eye

Botanical Name: Heliopsis Helianthoides

Height: 3-6 ft

Flower Head: 2-3 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 to 7.8

Description:

Ox Eye Sunflower also known as false Sunflowers. These bright yellow daises can remain bloom for a long period. It can grow well in clay soils, and it also grows in any reasonably fertile soil and thrives in moist, heavy soils.

Sunflower Procut Gold Lite

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 6-7 ft

Flower Head: 4-6 inch

Soil PH: 7

Description:

Sunflower Procut Gold Lite is having bright, vibrant gold petals and light colored center. It is crucial to upkeep the the soil at neutral PH so that it is showing the brightest possible gold color petals. The gold petals overlapping with light center make it a beautiful bright cut flower as gift.

Sunflower Sungold

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 2-4 ft

Flower Head: 6-10 inch

Soil PH: 5.5 – 6.2

Description:

Sunflower Sungold is a dwarf sunflower. It is also known as dwarf Teddy Bear. This sunflowers have no outer petals and entirely golden shaggy flower make it very distinctive among sunflowers. Besides that, flowering stems also produce multiple blooms.

Sunflower Sunspot

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 3-5 ft

Flower Head: 8-10 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 – 6.8

Description:

Sunflower Sunspot is a dwarf sunflower. Average height is between 3ft to 5ft. It is also a great pollinator plant and frequently used as cut flower.

Sunflower Taiyo

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 5-6 ft

Flower Head: 10-12 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 – 7.5

Description:

Sunflower Taiyo is a Japanese variety also known as common sunflower. It is fast growing, well branched, average height 5 to 6 ft. 

Sunflower Tall Teddy Bear

Botanical Name: Helianthus Annuus

Height: 5-6 ft

Flower Head: 8-10 inch

Soil PH: 6.0 – 6.8

Description:

Sunflower Sunspot also known as Golden Flower Of Peru Tall Teddy Bear, St Bartholomew’s Star Tall Teddy Bear. Average height is between 5ft to 6ft.