Wild Sunflower - Complete Grow and Care Guide
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Published 2021-03-06
This is a complete guide for Wild Sunflower, Helianthus Annus. The original Wild Sunflower that is native to North America does not get as much attention as it deserves. It's extended bloom time, ruggedness, and how well it draws in wildlife make it a must have for any garden. This plant attracts ridiculous amounts of bees, as well as many other beneficial insects. Birds feast on the seeds, giving you a natural birdfeeder in your yard. This is one of the best plants for attracting birds.
Just plant your seeds about 1/16"-1/8" deep (1.5 mm - 3 mm) after soil temperatures warm up, and keep them moist. Or, start in pots at the same depth.
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All Comments (21)
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Without a doubt, this is the best gardening channels on YouTube. Great research, great photography, and excellent, pragmatic content! A+++. Way to go, Joe!
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I'm hooked on your presentation style :) keep it up man, this is inspiring my visions for my homestead garden. what an amazing flower
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In New Mexico, wild, branching sunflowers love to grow in the ditches on the sides of the caliche dirt roads! They are magnificent! I love the branching flowers more than the single flower stalks... They just keep producing!!! Thank you for your lovely, informative video! Gotta go plant some seeds now!!!
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Today I discovered your channel as a YouTube recommendation (obsessed gardener here). Your content is really EXCEPTIONAL; the time & energy you put into explaining and editing, with visuals and additional references is remarkable and greatly appreciated! New subscriber 🌱🌻💫
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I absolutely love the look of wild sunflowers. And I think how you placed them between the evergreens was genius. We're going to try something similar towards the back of our property this year. Almost forgot, the time stamps on the photos from when you planted to full maturation was really helpful. It will definitely help me judge how they are developing this coming summer.
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I never get tired of sunflowers! Watching birds eat the seeds and the bees are at work, while looking out my kitchen windows! What a pleasant view. 🤗 Thank you for sharing this informative video! 👍👍👍
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Great video, thanks for showing us the wild sunflower! When you buy seeds they just show the blooms on the front and tell you how tall it gets. This really showed me what a wild sunflower looks like, and if I ever have the room I’m definitely going to grow these.
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I love this video discussing the beauty of native wildflowers! I have some in my yard that I tried to show off to my family, but they just called them weeds. I may send them this video.
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I was watching this and panicking - the leaves on my wild sunflower do not look anything like yours! Then at the very end, I remembered I had purchased a perennial sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani. Some deep breaths to calm back down and I'll be able to continue watching your channel.
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Thank you for another idea for my pollinator garden. I do prefer to leave the stalks of my plants over the winter to feed the birds and also as a perch.
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Excellent video and information Joe, thank you!
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Very informative! Thanks for the links to Amazon. There is nothing worse than seeing your sunflowers grow, then seeing how the deer chomps them up.
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Here in Montana, they grow right off the roadsides. It’s been 100 degrees and we haven’t had rain in forever. Plan to grab some on the way to work for my yard. Kinda hope the chickens will love the seeds. Feeding those little mooches is expensive.
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These grow wild along the roadsides in my native New Mexico. I now live in Virginia and have never seen them grow here. I miss them!
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When you you are longing for spring and have long conversations with other people while grabbing seeds too early... Your channel was actually brought up in conversation. I have 3 different perennial sunflower seeds ordered and on the way. Thank you for what you do!
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I'm glad you addressed the issue of plants topping over. I find that to be my biggest problem with Zinnia's, 4 o'clock and sunflowers. A good heavy rain makes them top heavy and wind gust from a storm is all it takes.
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Glad I came across your video on Milk Weed and then this video. Since I am in Michigan I start many seeds indoors. Sunflowers are my Favorite. My neighbor asked earlier this year, you will be planting Sunflowers again, they are all indoors sprouting and getting ready as soon as weather breaks. We had such a cold Spring, didn't think I would ever get them outside. Zinnias are another favorite of mine, started many inside also. I think I just like being in my Flowerbeds working 🌻
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You are the best! Thank you very much from Canada
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Thanks for the informative content 👍
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Great info! I love seeing how much wildlife they attract. I didn't cold stratify my echinacea seeds thanks to one of your other videos and they're actually germinating better than the ones I put in the refrigerator. I also love everwilde farms. They have better packaging the most places
