Sunflowers are blooming!

[TheWaterbug]

Well, not quite, but soon:
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3552590/Sunflower07151_web.jpg[/img]

The plant is about 4 1/2 feet tall right now. I assume it'll keep growing while the flower develops:
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3552590/Sunflower071511_web.jpg[/img]

There was supposed to be a whole row of these, extending another 20' to the left of the photo, but either they didn't germinate or critters got 'em.

[orgoveg]

Yep, they'll keep getting taller. Blooms are coming soon. Here's mine right now. They're just cool plants to grow and the bees love them.

[img]https://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh194/abaction/100_0329rs.jpg[/img]

[TheWaterbug]

What variety did you plant, and when did you plant?

Mine were "Mammoth" from Home Depot, and I direct sowed on May 7th.

Everything seems to be behind schedule for me this year, but our May/June was unseasonably cool.

[orgoveg]

Mine are also Mammoth Russian, seeds saved from last year's flowers. I direct-sowed on April 29, but I'm in zone 5b.

[TheWaterbug]

Yep, they'll keep getting taller. Blooms are coming soon. Here's mine right now. They're just cool plants to grow and the bees love them.

I could use some bee magnets. I had _tons_ of bees last year, but that's because I had a beehive in my shed, [url=https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=205904]which I recently had relocated[/url].

Now that "my" bees are gone, I need to attract someone else's bees.

[csvd87]

Nice, mine are a ways away, I got Titan variety from tradewinds, they were on sale, about 3 feet now, and no signs of slowing down, I've read they can reach 12 feet with heads up to 24" accross, I think I'll grow smaller ones next year, but how could I resist that?

P.S. They are still on sale at tradewinds, 10-15 seeds for a dollar.