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Grow your Just Living Sunflowers 

Thank you for taking the time to sow your sunflower seeds.

 

You have these seeds, because at some point in time we met, we may have exchanged a few words or had a lengthy conversation, whichever way our meeting looked, it was a small seed that was sowed.

 

These seeds you're about to sow are a reminder of Paul Kelly's famous lyrics "From little things, big things grow". We here at Just Living know this to be true and that's why we take the time to sow, nurture and grow flourishing relationships no matter who you are.

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If you need a little reminder of who we are and what we do, please click this link, otherwise we wish you the very best with your sunflowers. Scroll down for instructions. 

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From the team at Just Living

Grow your Sunflowers

This variety produces a medium/large sized yellow head, excellent for attracting insects & birds and adding some cheer to your garden. 

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Sunflowers are one of the most recognisable flowers around. They produce huge yellow blooms that are made up of thousands of tiny flowers bunched together – providing abundant pollen and nectar for visiting bees. Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and bloom throughout summer and into autumn.

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Seed Starting Method:

Raise seedlings and plant out
or Broadcast sow directly onto soil and push firmly in before sprinkling a thin layer of soil over the top.

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Sowing Depth

5mm if sowing in pots 
As above for broadcast sow 

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Growing Season

Spring, Autumn or Summer in cooler climates - year around in warm climates

 

Germination Time

12-21 days at around 21c

 

Hardiness

Hardy annual

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Plant Spacing

As close as you like!

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Plant Height

150cm-180cm

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Planting Position

Partial or full sun, moist well manured soil

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Growing tips

Use a high phosphorus flower food at the beginning of bloom season, once seedlings have established root systems.

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