Plant sunflower seeds in a pot that can handle your full-grown sunflowers, so you don't have to repot them. Sunflowers grow best in a full-sun spot on a south-facing windowsill, patio, or porch.

Growing Sunflowers in Containers . You can grow sunflowers in containers, just like many other annuals. To start, it helps to know how tall your sunflower variety will reach—you don’t want to ...

Learn More › Originally cultivated by Native Americans around 3,000 B.C., sunflower is a native North American plant that has become a worldwide favorite, valued for its beauty as well as its ...

Sunflowers will grow best in well-drained soil. “Heavy clay soil can retain water, leading to irrigation problems and cause root rot for sunflowers. If your garden has clay-heavy soil, ...

Sunflowers are extremely versatile plants, which makes them easy flowers to grow from seed at home. There are also lots of different varieties (and they’re not all yellow). “Sunflowers are ...

I have an idea: Why not grow some annual sunflowers, Helianthus annuus, to feed the bees, butterflies, birds, and you? They are so easy to start from seed, so if you have never grown plants from ...

Growing sunflowers also is good for your garden. The vibrant flowers attract many pollinators, and if you’re battling heavy clay soil, the large tap roots the flowers put down help to break up ...

Plant biologists at UC Davis and colleagues have discovered how sunflowers use their internal circadian clock, acting on growth hormones, to follow the sun during the day as they grow. Following the ...