Sunflower Indian Blanket

With all the beauty of an Indian summer, this brilliantly colorful Hybrid sunflower produces a prolific display on 4-5ft branching plants in many bicolor shades of rich reds, deep golds, mellow yellows and rusty rusts. It has twice the flower power of other sunflowers with a double ring of large outer petals. Many 4”flowers also display fluffy petals on the inner disc, making them almost semi-double.  Plants branch liberally.  Perfect in the border or as a cut flower.  Seeds are edible.

Growing Instructions

• Seeds can be started indoors 3 to 4 weeks before last spring frost.
• Or direct-sow seeds outside after all danger of frost has passed to a depth of 1/4 inch.
• When seedlings are 2 to 3 inches high, thin to individual pots. Replant thinned plants.
• Protect from Snails / Slugs whilst young.
• Steadily harden off before planting out after all danger of frost has passed.
• May require staking / support in exposed positions.