4 grams / packet
1. Short Description
90 – 110 days. Autumn Beauty sunflower seeds grow one of summer's most explosive and familiar bordering flowers. Autumn Beauty seeds promise your garden brilliant 10” heads bursting with bicolored petals of bronze, golden, purple, mahogany, and yellow sunburst. Autumn Beauty sunflower seeds grow up to 60” tall and its countless seeds serve as a natural bird feeder all season long. Autumn Beauty seeds are a simple and easy to grow addition in many hot and drought-prone gardens across North America.
2. More Details and tips:
Growing Autumn Beauty Sunflower Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Helianthus annuus
- Seed Type: Annual
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Autumn Beauty sunflower seeds are recommended solely for outdoor growth because of their 60+” height. Plants grow so vigorously that there is little reason to start seed indoors. Sow directly after final frost in a sunny spot at the north end of the garden and sheltered from strong winds. Autumn Beauty sunflowers may need staking if plants are grown isolated and away from the support of a garden.
- Days to Maturity: 90 – 110 days
- Hardiness Zone: 2 – 10
- Planting Depth: Plant 2 – 3 seeds ½" deep
- Plant Spacing: 8"
- Growth Habit: 60” tall bushy uprights with an 8 – 12” spread and tall 8” wide heads
- Soil Preference: Average, loamy, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Always plant tall sunflowers at the north end of a garden because it will not take long for it to cast an entire garden in season-long shadow. Monitor regularly for caterpillars, but no serious pests or disease.
- Color: Bicolored bursts of bronze, golden, purple, mahogany, and sunburst-yellow
Autumn Beauty sunflower seeds are recommended solely for outdoor growth because of their 60+” height. Plants grow so vigorously that there is little reason to start seed indoors. Sow Autumn Beauty seeds directly after final frost in a sunny spot at the north end of the garden and sheltered from strong winds. Always plant tall sunflowers at the north end of a garden because it will not take long for a garden to be cast in season-long shadow if not properly planned. Autumn Beauty sunflowers may need staking if plants are grown isolated and away from the support of a garden. Plant 2 – 3 Autumn Beauty sunflower seeds ½” deep and 8” apart in average, loamy, and well-drained soil in full sun. Adjust staking and wind protection as plants mature. Autumn Beauty sunflowers are vigorous garden performers and require minimal care. Monitor regularly for caterpillars, but Autumn Beauties have no serious pests or disease. Autumn Beauty sunflower seeds mature in 90 – 110 days as 60” tall bushy uprights with green 8 – 12” spreads and tall 8” wide bicolored heads bursting with a mix of bronze, golden, purple, mahogany, and yellow sunburst petals.
Helianthus annuus is native to the prairies, plains, and meadows of western North America including temperate regions of Canada and Mexico. Many Native American tribes would traditionally plant sunflowers on the north end of their gardens as the "fourth sister" to their famously efficient “three sisters” staple crops of corn, beans, and squash.
Source : mainly from Trueleafmarket