<p>This is the variety we use for the traditional yellow sunflower. It's attractive, has a 50 day maturity (within about 2-3 days) and uniform height and size.
</p><p>All our sunflowers are pollenless hybrids. Since our customers pick them for bouquets, we grow these types so people don't find yellow dust on their tables under the sunflowers. This keeps the customers happy and coming back for more.
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As with all hybrid seed, it is much more expensive than the open pollinated variety (birdseed). Since these seeds can cost 2-12 cents each, we don't broadcast them in the field, but start them in the greenhouse and transplant them carefully.
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