Add vibrant wildflowers to your garden with Helianthus Annuus Grauer Streifen Seeds, producing striking wild sunflower blooms ideal for pollinator-friendly gardens, backyard borders, and naturalistic plantings. This annual sunflower variety attracts bees, butterflies, and birds while providing height and visual interest to your landscape.
Wild sunflowers are easy to grow, hardy, and perfect for creating a colorful, pollinator-supporting environment.
Features
- Striking wild sunflower blooms with unique Grauer Streifen pattern
- Thrives in full sun and well-drained soil
- Ideal for pollinator gardens, backyard borders, and natural landscapes
- Annual variety with long-lasting summer flowering
- Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds
- Easy to grow and maintain
Specifications
- Botanical Name: Helianthus annuus Grauer Streifen
- Type: Annual
- Flower Color: Yellow with gray stripe accents
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Soil Type: Fertile, well-drained soil
- Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
- Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 49
- Plant Height: 58 feet (tall vertical growth)
- Plant Spread: 1824 inches
- Germination Time: 714 days
- Planting Depth: Lightly cover seeds with soil
- Watering Needs: Moderate; keep soil evenly moist
- Ideal Growing Season: Spring sowing for summer blooms
- Maintenance: Deadhead spent flowers to encourage prolonged blooming; minimal care required
Planting Guide
- Sow seeds outdoors after the last frost in spring.
- Lightly cover seeds with soil and maintain consistent moisture until germination.
- Space seedlings 1824 inches apart in full sun with well-drained soil.
- Stake tall plants if necessary to support vertical growth.
- Deadhead spent flowers to maintain continuous blooming and attract pollinators.