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- Succession Plant
Sunflower : Blanketflower
bright crimson red blooms that are tipped in sunny yellow and at the center, a brilliant red cone.
Blanketflower is a stunning perennial flowering plant, that is extremely hardy, drought tolerant and brimming with personality. One of the easiest flowers to sow from seed, Blanketflower comes to life with bright crimson red blooms that are tipped in sunny yellow and at the center, a brilliant red cone. Blanketflower grows to 2’ feet in height and with the red and yellow vibrancy will make an exceptional border or backdrop plant. This plant is also perfect for cut flower arrangements that will last 10-12 days indoors. Seeds are packaged and germination tested for current year.
Blanketflower reseeds itself, filling your garden with rich color and interest year after year. Blooming from May through September, Blanketflower prefers a garden location with full sun. Blanketflower is a perfect choice for an absent gardener who may forget to water regularly. However, if you keep it watered, the blooming period will be extended.
Plant Features:
Blooms May through September
Grows to a height of 1.5 to 2 feet
Plant seeds at a depth of 1/8 inch
Germination is 2 to 6 weeks
Asteraceae Helianthus annuus
This is an example of the timeline you would see based on your growing conditions.
Sunflower: Regular
Blanketflower
These beautiful exuberant plants can reach 10' in height and produce flowers a foot across.
Basics
- Ease of Growing
- Easy
- Grown as
- Annual
- Days to Maturity
- 75-90 (Spring/Summer), 60-90 (Fall/Winter)
- Growing Habit
- -
- Hardiness
- Half Hardy
Sunflowers will tolerate light frost.
- Crops
- Spring Transplant, Spring, Summer
- Growing Season
- Long
- Cultivar Type
- -
- Growing Conditions
- Warm, Hot
Sunflowers needs rich soil for good growth. They prefer full sun (though they will tolerate light shade). The taller varieties need shelter from the wind and should be placed where they won't cast unwanted shade on other plants.
- Outdoor Growing Temp
- 55°F - 95°F
- Min Outdoor Soil Temp
- 50°F
Don't plant out until the soil is at least 50˚ F (and preferably 60˚ F).
- Start Indoors
- Yes
- Start Outdoors
- Yes
- Light
- Water
- Moderate
Sunflowers are thirsty plants and for maximum production they need a constant supply of water.
- Feeder
- Heavy
Low nitrogen. High phosphorus. High potassium. Sunflowers like phosphorus and potassium, but not too much nitrogen as it may encourage leaf growth rather than flowering.
- Suitability
- High heat, Needs lots of space
- Small Gardens?
- No
- Containers?
- No
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- Attracts beneficial insects?
- Yes
- Color
- Cinnamon-bronze
- Fruit Size
- 5.0 - 6.0"
- Plant Height
- 60.0 - 84.0"
- Plant Diameter
- 12.0 - 18.0"
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-10
- Disease Resistance
- -
- Taste Profile
- -
- Rotation Group
- Flowers
Last Frost Date (LFD) refers to the approximate date of the last killing frost of spring.
Example first frost date on April 08.
First Frost Date (FFD) refers to the approximate date of the first killing frost of winter.
Example first frost date on November 01.
