It really is hard to beat the incredible beauty and elegance sunflowers bring to your landscape. From tall to small, big to large, and everything in between, the stately sunflower can be found in a vast variety of colors and sizes. From massive sunflowers that tower along a barn or fence row, to a myriad of mid-size and miniature varieties that can fill flowerbeds and containers with vibrant color, there is a sunflower to grow for every space and place. Sunflowers are becoming more popular than ever for growing in home gardens and flowerbeds. They are also finding their way into containers and pots to help brighten up porches and patios with stunning color. Multi-headed sunflower varieties do exist, if you are sure you were growing a single-headed giant sunflower variety then it is probably just a mix-up with the seed. Sunflowers grown from your own saved seed can also produce multi-headed sunflowers. Planting sunflowers in your landscape is like growing your own little slice of sunshine and happiness! A sunflower seed beginning to sprout through the earth. Growing sunflowers is not only easy, it can provide a valuable food source for birds, wildlife, and you!

This is another way that you can get multi-headed sunflowers. If you save the seed and grow new sunflowers from these seeds then you can get all sorts of exciting results.If you are looking for a sunflower variety to harvest large amounts of seed, this is certainly a top choice. They are perfect for growing along a fence row, or up against a barn or building. The stalks are fast growing and extremely woody and strong. Seed Link : Mammoth Grey Sunflower Seeds Skyscraper Sunflower This seed was given to my daughter from her nursery as a fun activity for her to do so I really don’t know too much about it.

But beyond their stunning beauty, sunflowers also lend a helping hand to other plants in your landscape. Their gorgeous big blooms are more than just eye-catching to humans, they also attract large numbers of honey bees and bumble bees. The Mammoth Grey Striped sunflower (pictured above) and the Skyscraper variety are two of the largest sunflowers of all. They certainly can big interest to your landscape and produce an amazing harvest. Autumn Beauty Sunflower So as I said earlier, there are just varieties of sunflower that naturally produce multiple heads rather than one massive singular head, here are a few of them. Autumn Beauty Well, the truth is that you have probably inadvertently grown a multi-headed sunflower. There are lots of varieties that are multi-headed. And one thing is for sure, attracting these pollinating wizards is of great help in developing blooms and fruit all over your landscape. But the benefits don’t stop there. Attracting More Than Bees…

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A model for the pattern of florets in the head of a sunflower was proposed by H. Vogel in 1979. [17] This is expressed in polar coordinates r = c n , {\displaystyle r=c{\sqrt {n}},} θ = n × 137.5 ∘ , {\displaystyle \theta =n\times 137.5 This is because a lot of the giant single-headed sunflowers are hybrids and plants grown from the seed won’t grow true to type. The big seed companies take lots of special steps to make sure that the hybrids they sell are only fertilised in a certain way so they remain the same as the parent plant. This is impossible when growing sunflowers out in your garden or allotment. Conclusion When growth of the flower stalk stops and the flower is mature, the heliotropism also stops and the flower faces east from that moment onward. This eastward orientation allows rapid warming in the morning and, as a result, an increase in pollinator visits. [9] Sunflowers do not have a pulvinus below their inflorescence. A pulvinus is a flexible segment in the leaf stalks (petiole) of some plant species and functions as a 'joint'. It effectuates leaf motion due to reversible changes in turgor pressure, which occurs without growth. The sensitive plant's closing leaves are a good example of reversible leaf movement via pulvinuli. Now I have no idea what this sunflower is, I thought it was just going to be a regular giant sunflower so was pretty surprised when I saw multiple flower heads forming.

Other differences I have found with this particular sunflower are its size and also appearance of the flower. as you can tell from the above photo, this is far from what you would call a giant plant. It is probably somewhere in the region of 4ft tall.Autumn Beauty is a stunning mix of warm earthen shades of large multi-headed 4 to 8-inch blossoms on 6-8’ strong stemmed plants. So you are happily growing a sunflower, expecting one giant flower head but then notice multiple flower heads budding and appearing on your plant. What exactly is going on? Why do you have a multi-headed sunflower? Multi Headed Sunflowers So, what’s Going On? A stunning branching variety which can reach a height of 140 cm, producing several branching stems with 2-6 smaller flowers on each stem.

In fact, they are better suited to direct seeding. That means there is no need to worry about growing transplants indoors. Even better, they can grow well in almost any soil condition, and require little maintenance other than a bit of water as seedlings. Simply wait for the soil to warm up completely in late spring, and plant away! The plant has an erect rough-hairy stem, reaching typical heights of 3 metres (10 feet). The tallest sunflower on record achieved 9.17m (30ft 1in). [3] Sunflower leaves are broad, coarsely toothed, rough and mostly alternate; those near the bottom are largest and commonly heart-shaped. [4] Flower [ edit ] Vanilla ice produces florist-quality blooms in large clusters of light yellow and cream flowers with deep chocolate eyes on plants 5-6′. Here is a multi-headed sunflower currently growing away on my allotment. The other flower heads haven’t quite opened yet but you can clearly see all of the flower buds. Sunflower On My Allotment With Multiple Heads

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That is what has most probably happened, but there are also certain factors that can, very rarely, cause a regular giant sunflower to produce multiple flower heads. The plant was first domesticated in the Americas. Sunflower seeds were brought to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a widespread cooking ingredient. With time, the bulk of industrial-scale production has shifted to Eastern Europe, and (as of 2020 [update]) Russia and Ukraine together produce over half of worldwide seed production. So the plants that are grown from seed won’t be replicas of the parent plant. You could end up with another single-headed giant sunflower but you are more likely to end up with one with multiple flower heads. Helianthus annuus (common sunflower) belong to the dicotyledonous category, distinguishing them from monocots. As dicots, sunflowers possess embryos with two veins, known as cotyledons, a characteristic feature that sets them apart. The veins in their leaves exhibit a net-like pattern, in contrast to monocots, which typically display parallel leaf veins.