TALLEST SUNFLOWER AND LARGEST SUNFLOWER HEAD 2018

@Gail_68 our kids school have them do runner beans! They grow them in a plastic cup for weeks in a sunny classroom then send the proud little cherubs out with beans 2 feet long on what is usually the windiest day of the year A playground of heartbroken children

 

Now i see where yourself and @Loki are coming from...your pictures look stunning

 

@Gail_68 the dwarf sunflowers are around 18" high and look good in a pot or border. I agree with you that that tall ones can look straggly, but I do like the idea of blocking out the neighbour's view

 

Well that's a bit stupid and no wonder it annoys you because the kids themselves are pleased with what they've established

 

@martin-f , what is the red one? It's gorgeous

 

Hi Loki i think it the packet bottom left i cant see the name eyes wont focus and my glasses are in the kitchen.

 

Moulin rouge @martin-f
Ooh la la
I do love the colour

 

Coming the language are we now Loki

 

My eyes are getting worse and that blue was just glaring might have to magnify the screen size again ok at distance,

Ive just planted the same mixed packet that's in the picture some of the packets didn't do well that year but the £2 cheap mixed packet was great, the packets was back this year (one of the pound shops forget what one) £2 well spent in my eyes

 

I love the red sunflowers, so pretty

Mine will be going in sometime this week, pike's peak and autumn beauty

 

Neighbour complaints and all, blocking the sunlight

 

Complaining mate ...they'd got a free ray of sun of the flower head

 

Some have popped up .

 

No heads on them this morning mice have eaten them

 

My Sunflower Sunburst seedlings were potted on a couple of days back and they look in good health so far. These vary in size, between 4 - 6ft in height and colours ranging from yellows, orange, red, brown/rusty!

These were sown using seeds I self harvested from the best head, out of 5 grown last year.

Like a few have already mentioned, I am going to sow a similar size contrasting variety and attempt to create a screen down the allotment between a neighbours plot which looks a little worse for wear. Out of sight, out of mind.!