Sunflowers have been forever immortalised by Van Gogh, the majestic sunflower is one of the most instantly recognisable flowers in the world.
With their sunny yellow petals and cheerful demeanour a sunflower embodies all that is summer and makes the perfect uplifting gift. No matter how you choose to display them these gorgeous flowers are sure to steal the show.
The sunflower originates from North America and was first cultivated back in 3,500 BC by American-Indian tribes. In the late 16th century Spanish explorers brought the sunflower to Europe where it was widely cultivated for its oil and striking beauty, making it a popular flower for decoration in homes and gardens, which it still is today.
Scientific Name: Helianthus
Family: Asteraceae
Availability: May-October with limited availability during the rest of the year
Encourage more birds to venture into your garden by using this 4 port, heavy duty bird feeder, which when food is added has everything you need to immediately start attracting wild birds into your garden and providing them with a welcome treat. Turn your garden into a wildlife haven, filled with the happy songs of blackbirds, robins, tits and thrushes to name but a few! Our feathered friends bring a whole variety of benefits with them, including an invaluable pest clearing service, and it's a joy to see them making a home in your garden! Plus, you'll be helping to protect some of our most-loved and threatened wild birds, with the absolute minimum of expense and effort! Quick and easy to hang, clean, and maintain, the durable feeder will keep the birds flocking to your garden. The metal construction ensures it remains fully weatherproof and can be refilled with various sunflower heart mixes throughout the year so you can attract different birds to your garden making it an ideal all-year feeder. Height: 33cm
Fun and easy to grow from seed, this wonderfully rewarding sunflower is a joy to grow for children and adults alike.
See who can grow the tallest sunflower with this impressive variety! Sunflower ?High Hopes? is one of the tallest available.
Multiple flowers per stem coupled with a gorgeous chocolatey scent makes this perennial sunflower extra special. Ideal for the back or the middle of a border.
Send her some sun (whatever the weather) with this gorgeously bright bunch featuring a stunning sunflower. FREE Lindor Mini Milk Chocolates, use code FREECHOCS FREE Delivery Arrives beautifully arranged Delivered in bud to guarantee freshness Blooms will fully open within a few days Featuring 1 sunflower, 3 cerise carnation, 2 yellow 'santini' chrysanthemum, 3 purple september flower, 2 lilac alstromeria and 1 pistache
A rustic design with sunflower heads joined at the top of a ceramic jug. Further touches to this flower design are added by natural raffia and bamboo sticks. A lovely fashionable piece for your special one.
A delicious mix of sunflowers, high & magic roses wrapped around expertly by our floral designers. This is a perfect floral gift for any congratulatory occasion. Order this arrangement from our online shop today and say well done - you've deserved it!
Bright bold and beautiful - Sunflower Surprise The Sunflower Surprise is a vibrant bouquet packed full of fabulous sunflowers to capture the essence of hot summer days. The broad, golden face of the sunflower, packed with those tiny seeds, has a deep connection to the golden days of summer unmatched by any other flower. Taking this natural sunniness of the Sunflower as our theme, we've constructed an amazing summer bouquet around it – the Sunflower Surprise! So what's the surprise? Well, you're certain to be surprised at just how great this bouquet looks when it arrives! The honest, rustic faces of the sunflowers are set off perfectly by thick sprays of luscious green foliage and delicate red berries. The result is a bouquet that, wherever you place it in your home and however miserable it might be outside, will put a golden glow into the room. This means that the Sunflower Surprise makes a great gift as well – there aren't many ways to give someone you love a gift of sunshine, but this is one! Sunbeams of happiness radiate from this sublime yellow bouquet. Get summer delivered to you all year round! Sunflowers might say summer, but our bouquets are available for flower delivery any time of year. Carefully picked and prepared by our expert florists, the Sunflower Surprise will come arranged with loving care, and carefully hand-tied and packed so that it arrives to you in pristine condition. you can have these flowers delivered 7 days a week throughout the UK, with FREE next day delivery Monday-Friday. You needn't worry about a thing: your flowers will be delivered in our special delivery box to prevent damage while in transit, so they arrive in excellent condition all for just £34.99! Additional Options For that extra special personal touch, we offer a whole range of options to make the Sunflower Surprise bouquet into a truly unique gift. Why not add a Handwritten Greetings Card, a delicious box of Lindt Chocolates, a chic glass vase or an adorable teddy to accompany your beautiful fresh hand-tied Sunflower Surprise bouquet? You may also be interested in... We also have a large selection arrangements containing sunflowers, hypericum and an array of different gift sets to suit every occasion.
Helianthus 'Sunbelievable (TM)' is just that - a plant with truly unbelievable flower power! The first ever-blooming annual sunflower, it certainly packs a punch with hundreds of gloriously golden sunflowers each with a mahogany centre 'eye'. You'll be amazed how it just blooms and blooms and blooms - from early summer right up until the first frosts. A multiple-branching sunflower, the large, golden-yellow flowers are 8-10cm (3-4in) across and are held above richly coloured foliage that deepens in hue over time, really setting the garden aflame with dazzling tones and sizzling exuberance. Supplied as a large plant in a 3L pot - the largest size currently available - in bud and ready to be planted up, this is a superb value-for-money plant - we've joked that if a plant was on steroids, this would be the result! 'Sunbelievable (TM)' is perfect for growing in containers or in flower borders, where this new introduction produces an abundance of pollen-free flowers on multi-branched stems, so you'll have more than enough to bring into your home! As well as many international awards, Helianthus 'Sunbelievable (TM)' picked up third place finalist in the prestigious 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year Competition, proving that it has what it takes to make a garden winner. With a long flowering season - non-stop from May until the first frosts - it's reliable, robust and easy to grow, so is ideal for first-time gardeners and seasoned veterans alike! With the promise of over 1,000 blooms in a year, one of our growers at the nursery said he gave up counting at 1,000 in July...so we know first-hand that it has the potential for truly unbelievable garden performance all summer long. And the secret to the success of this amazing plant? Well that's down to its inability to set seed - a good thing if you don't want to be constantly weeding out unwanted seedlings - but also it means that all of the plant's energy goes into flower production - win-win if you ask us! Growing to a height and spread of 60cm (2ft), 'Sunbelievable' will behave itself and not seed everywhere which makes it a perfect low maintenance plant for any gardener.
True to its name, this giant among sunflowers is one of the tallest you can grow, with huge, long-lasting daisy-shaped blooms measuring up to 60cm (24in) across and reaching a height of up to 360cm (144in). Having the best record-breaking potential, this heirloom variety is the obvious choice for nurturing children's interest in gardening as well as for indulging your competitive streak - even if just to impress the neighbours as the enormous flowers stand tall well above fence height! Originating in North and South America, sunflowers were worshipped by the ancient Incas as a symbol of their sun god. They reached Europe by the sixteenth century, since when they have been grown in abundance by generations of gardeners and commercial growers for their impressive proportions as well as their highly nutritious seeds and oil. Capable of bringing a touch of sunshine to your garden even when days are dull, they are brimming with optimism and the joys of summer. With enormous dark hearts fringed by glorious bright yellow petals, the flowers soak up the sun and redistribute its goodness in the form of large seeds, which you can roast and eat as a snack, scatter over salads or use in your baking - but don't forget to save some for the birds! When the flowers have reached their peak, hang them up to dry naturally and they will provide a welcome autumn and winter buffet for our feathered friends. However tall they grow, the sturdy, slightly prickly upright stems shouldn't need staking, even in exposed positions, although for peace of mind you may want to provide some support, particularly if you are growing for a competition. The immature flowerheads will follow the sun through the day but once the petals have opened, the flowers will remain facing one direction Supplied as a packet of 25 (approx.) seeds ready to sow indoors or outdoors. For best results, sow the seeds outdoors, directly into their flowering position, to allow the roots to establish firmly with uninterrupted growth. Choose a sunny, sheltered spot with well-draining soil. If necessary, add plenty of well-rotted manure or compost to the ground before planting. Sow from March to May either indoors for planting out in June to July, or outdoors directly into their growing position. These hardy annuals will flower from June to September, in the same year as sowing.
Sow directly outdoors - ready to flower in 12 weeks, the multibranching habit produces several blooms on one plant, ideal for the border and to cut for a vase.