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Flower
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Iconic summer annual. Dwarf varieties fit beds; tall types make a seasonal screen.
Recommended uses
- Cottage gardens
- Screens
- Pollinator gardens
- Plant type
- Annual flower
- Annual / perennial
- Annual
- Evergreen / deciduous
- Deciduous
- Sun
- Full sun
- Shade tolerance
- Low
- Water needs
- Medium
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Orange, Red
- Mature height
- 2–10 ft
- Mature width
- 1–2 ft
- Maintenance
- Low
- Texas heat tolerance
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Medium