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Your Guide to Different Types of Sunflowers

Sunflowers are one of the most well known flowers but there is always more to learn!

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Jul 30, 2021

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Autumn Beauty

Featuring all the colors of autumn, Autumn Beauty features multiple flowers per branch, with heights ranging between stems.

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Big Smile

Big Smile is a dwarf sunflower with an overly large head. The centers of the sunflower are extremely broad, surrounded by short yellow petals.

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Bi-Color

There are several different varieties of bi-color sunflowers. Most feature a dark red center and gradually lighten to yellow at the tip.

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Chocolate Sunflower

There is no one flower known as the Chocolate Sunflower, but there is a large group referring to chocolate or cocoa in their name, including Chocolate Cherry and Chocolat. Chocolate Sunflowers have a rich brown or reddish/brown color to their petals.

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Firecracker

Named for the way the colors seem to explode from its center, the Firecracker is a bi-color sunflower with petals that shade from red to yellow as they move out toward the tip.

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Giganteus

Giganteus, or the Giant Sunflower, is one of the largest known varieties. It features a small center surrounded by very long, bright yellow petals.

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Green Sunflower

A Green Sunflower has a bright green center, usually surrounded by yellow petals, like the Sunbeams variety, although a few like Jade also have very pale, yellow/green petals as well.

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Green Sunbeam

Known for its large, lime-green center, the Green Sunbeam sunflower is surrounded by short yellow petals.

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Gold Sunflower

There are several varieties of Gold Sunflowers as well, including Gold Rush. These sunflowers have vivid, yellow/orange petals and centers, and may even be found in pollen-free types.

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Golden Cheer

Golden Cheer features double petals of thin, bright yellow to create a flower head that appears fluffy and bushy in appearance.

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Kong

One of the tallest varieties, Kong is a bright yellow sunflower that can have a head up to 40 inches in diameter.

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Little Becka

A dwarf sunflower with bi-color petals, Little Becka is a bright red, pollen-less sunflower with yellow tips and a rich, dark center.

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Mahogany

A member of the orange sunflower group, Mahogany ranges from bi-color petals of dark mahogany brown with yellow tips to a solid, orange brown bloom with a dark center.

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Moulin Rouge

A member of the “red sunflower” family, Moulin Rouge is a bright red flower with a black center, reaching approximately 4 inches in diameter.

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Mammoth Russian

The Mammoth Russian sunflower can grow to a height of more than 9 feet tall. Topped with large, bright yellow blooms, these sunflowers have a very classic look that most people associate with the flower.

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Orange Hobbit

Orange Hobbit is a dwarf sunflower with a vivid, yellow/orange head. It's common to find multiple blooms on each plant.

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Orange Sunbeam

The Orange Sunbeam resembles the classic Sunbeam in size and shape, but has a more yellow/orange color in the center, with darker colored petals.

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Orange Sunflower

In addition to red and yellow, there are also several varieties of sunflower with a vivid orange hue, including those that are bi-color or that contain both yellow and orange on one petal.

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Peach Passion

Peach Passion is a pale, pastel-colored sunflower with a double layer of petals surrounding a pale yellow center.

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Red Sun Splash

Red Sun Splash is a bold, red variety of various-sized petals surrounding a small, dark red interior.

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Red Sunflower

Sunflowers don't just come in yellow; there are several varieties of red sunflowers as well, most with a vivid red color and the ability to grow several heads per stalk.

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Red Sunbeam

Red Sunbeam is similar to the classic yellow in size and shape, but features bold red petals streaked with yellow as well as a deep red center.

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Ring of Fire

A bi-color sunflower with a very broad, dark brown center, Ring of Fire features short red and yellow petals that form “rings” around the middle.

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Soraya

Soraya is a very strong, classic-looking sunflower with wide, bright yellow petals surrounding a dark brown center. This plant may feature multiple blooms on each stalk.

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Standard Sunflower

The standard or common sunflower is easily recognized by most people for its large floral head consisting of hundreds of small, tubular flowers clustered tightly together.

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Sunbeam

Sunbeam sunflowers have a large, roughly 6-inch diameter, flower head with a pale green center surrounded by short, bright yellow petals.

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Sundance Kid

Sundance Kid is an unusual-looking sunflower with a bronze-colored petal and an uneven light brown center.

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Sun Splash

Available with black or green centers, Sun Splash is a mix of variously sized petals clustered around a very small interior.

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Sunny Smile

Sunny Smile is a petite plant that grows just 15 inches in height. The blooms are bright yellow with a brown center, measuring up to 5 inches in diameter.

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Sungold

Sungold is a unique-looking sunflower with a bushy head made up of hundreds of tiny petals crowding around a small center.

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Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear sunflowers get their name from their fuzzy, almost pom-pom like appearance. Much shorter than other sunflowers, Teddy Bears grow to about 2 feet in height and can have multiple blooms.

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The Joker

The Joker is a double-petaled, bi-color sunflower with a dark red center and yellow petal tips. It features multiple blooms as well.

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Velvet Queen

Velvet Queen features long, sparse petals of a dark reddish brown surrounding a dark brown center.

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Zohar

Zohar is a classic-looking sunflower that grows to about 4 feet tall. It has bi-color petals of orange and yellow surrounding a deep brown center.

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