How to Grow Sunflowers at Home

7 years ago I walked the fence line with my grandkids with quite a few varieties of sunflower seeds, showed them how to poke their fingers in the ground and put a seed in. As soon as they saw the stalks coming up they were eager to help with the watering. That was the beginning of teaching them to plant seeds. I also have them walk around the garden in the fall to collect seeds from echinacea, marigolds, columbine, ect. My little helpers👍🌻😊

Last year I roasted some sunflower heads while the seeds were still white. Lots of garlic and olive oil, and it was delish! What's not delish with garlic and olive oil? When my kids were small and I had a large garden I would plant the mammoth sunflowers in a large circle and then plant pole beans at the base of each once they started getting some height. I would tie the mature blossoms together at the top to create a teepee, which also kept them from leaning way over, and the beans would climb up and were easy to harvest and shaded the inside of the teepee for the children. I left a gap for a doorway. Good times.

Crocus comes to mind for a happy flower. They're the first to bloom after winter. They mean spring is finally here. And THAT makes me happy.

Sunflowers are my favorite flower. I like that they provide food for the birds, the squirrels and me. Very healthy. Peonies are my other favorite flower because the blooms are big and beautiful, and they smell so good. Plus, they are perennial, and every few years you can split them up and grow more. The only bad thing is they are so pricey I really can't afford them now. Another excellent video, Brian. I don't think I've ever seen one before on sunflowers. May the Lord continue blessing you and yours.

I get them growing under my bird feeders every year . I was very interested to see the different varieties you showed us the photos of . I’ll be interested to see yours come up and I hope you will video them for us to see once they bloom.

Sunflowers:) which is why I’m watching your video. My mom passed away last week and her favorite was sunflowers. I’m going grow an area of sunflowers in her memory.

I never do anything to plant sunflowers anymore except pull up the ones I don’t want lol. Nearly all of mine are volunteer. I love in Kansas, where sunflowers grow wild everywhere. But after years of planting fancy varieties, even my wild sunflowers have hybridized into an interesting mix of traits. My volunteers make me smile every year!

Here in middle TN there’s a beautiful home on acreage next to a main highway and every year they plant a huge strip next to the road with sunflowers! It’s so beautiful 🌻💚🌻

I made the mistake last year of planting them in my raised garden beds. They averaged 12 to 15 feet tall and shaded all my veggies. I used every part of the sunflowers though. I washed and sliced the leaves for stir fry, I cut open the trunks took out the white part, dehydrated it and made sunflower flour, used the petals for tea and gave most of the seeds to the chickens. Love sunflowers, just not in my raised beds. Thanks, Brian! Love the varieties you've planted.

I have multi stemmed sunflowers in my garden. Every plant is from seed that dropped from last years planting. I moved a dozen of them when they were around 10" to 12" tall. They immediately flopped over, but I was patient and now one of the plants is 15 foot tall and all have multiple blooms.😳Wish I could remember the variety. Good to know that they can be planted in succession! Thanks for sharing your garden.

I’m pretty sure my chickens swallow their sunflower seeds whole. Sunfloweres are everywhere. Apparently chicken poop is exactly what they need to grow in Georgia

Ok, I was not thinking on planting sunflowers, my husband keeps telling me he doesn't like it. However, I know a place they will look great in my front yard. By the time he realizes what it is he will be lonving how it looks :) Sometimes is better to say sorry after the fact than ask for permission :)

My 1st attempt a couple of years ago. Planted in raised beds and 5 gallon buckets with a reservoir. Learned that they have a huge root system. After harvesting the bloom and removing the bucket.. there wasn't much soil left. The ones in the raised bed took over my squash, lettuce, a radish. Sooo... if you do decide to grow the Single Sunflower, make sure to give their root system plenty of room.

The cottage flower garden is coming along very well. I love it 😍

Love ❤ Sunflowers 🌻. It's great for clay soil, the next season the soil is much more malleable.

Thanks for this video. I tried to grow them in the spring. They started to grow, became leggy and died at about 10 inches tall. Thought I had to wait to next spring to try again. After watching this video ill try again this weekend

Your cottage garden and all the flowers are so beautiful. I’m inspired to get out and plant those sunflower seeds!

Perfect timing! I have a multi-head sunflower getting close to blooming in my garden! I can't wait.😊 Thanks so much for the information Brian!

I'm growing two different types of sunflowers in my garden this year. I've never grown them before and I'm so excited to watch them grow ❤

Sunflowers are so much fun to grow, another great informative video, thank you, Brian! :)