Sunflower (Organic) Seeds – Medium Red Flower

Sunflower (medium flower red) is a sunflower with branched stems and medium-sized flowers in shades of red, pale red and dark red. This sunflower is a good cut flower and bee and butterfly friendly. The plants can grow up to 2 metres high. Flowers August-September.

Culinary tip: This flower is edible. Edible flowers are always best when picked fresh from the garden. They’ll taste even better if you can pick them early in the morning before they’ve had too much sun.

Sow the seed thinly direct into finely raked, moist, warm, weed-free soil where the plants are to flower, 13mm (½”) deep, raking in lightly (Germination 7-21 days). As the seedlings grow thin in stages to achieve a final spacing of 30-45cm (12-18″). Support the plants as they develop. Alternatively sow indoors in April, carefully acclimatising plants to outside conditions and plant out mid-late May.