HELIANTHUS Annuus - Sunflower Velvet Queen

Species: Sunflower
Latin name: Helianthus Annuus L.
Other usual name: Grand Soleil - Soleil des Jardines - Soleil Commun - Graine à Perroquet
Variety: Velvet Queen
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: North America, Mexico

Sunflower Velvet Queen: Annual plant with red velvet flowers to copper red of a size from 10 to 15 cm, for beautiful background screens in your gardens, also used for borders bedding or cut flowers. This variety is cultivated for decoration, and for birdfood. Easy to grow and germinate.

Seed sowing: April to May
Flowering of sunflowers: Summer
Height: Sunflowers reach on average 80 cm to 2.50 m
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Seed sowing from April to May directly in place, put 3 to 4 seeds in a hole of 2 cm depth, thin out seedlings by preserving only the strongest plants in a distance of 45 to 60 cm apart. Sunflowers grow best in fertile, moist, and well drained soils. Easy to grow, doesn't need to be stared in greenhouse.

Sowing distance: 45 to 60 cm between seedlings
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 8 °C to 12°C

Net weight of seeds: 2 gr -/+ 80 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.