Sunflowers

[Marshmallowbrain]

Hello - complete non green fingered person here and need advice.

We've grown 2 sunflowers from seed inside and they're now pretty big and have flowered.

We're moving this week and we're thinking to plant them in the garden rather than a pot.

Is it too early? Or should we transfer to a bigger pot?

Also, where are they best placed? It's a south facing garden.

Sunflowers are annuals - they flower, they set seed, they die.

They won’t grow any further or live any longer now they have flowered.

You can
put the pot outside so as they seeds develop birds and squirrels can eat them, but the plant will die by autumn.

Next spring, you can do it again with new seeds

Well, I didn't know that. Always thought sunflowers lasted and lasted.

Nope - the good part is that there are loads of different strains of sunflowers to try so you can pick a new one each year. And of course they germinate really well, so are nice and easy to grow.

Enjoy them until you move and start again next March!

I usually plant mine in the ground in June. I begin to bring them outside by day in late May, and bring them in again at night

Mine flowered very late this year, presumably due to the bad weather, but are continuing to grow and produce new flowers. Perhaps it depends on what type of sunflower they are.

I would plant yours anyway. You’ll get several weeks out of them and the birds love the seeds

Perennial sunflowers do exist. (I haven't tried growing them).

RHS

Oops I intended to add this link also

Perennial sunflower