As they celebrate 160 years of helping British gardeners to grow, we’ve teamed up with Dobbies Garden Centres and ...

Farmers plant H. annuus or the giant sunflower to harvest for seed that becomes sunflower oil and other food products. Cut flower growers choose smaller varieties better suited to floral ...

Sunflowers can also be considered a “trap crop," meaning they may lure unwanted insects away from your vegetable crops.

Growing sunflowers in a container is a great way to dress up a deck. Learn how to plant and grow sunflowers in pots, from ...

“These are one of the best types to grow if you want to eat your sunflower and harvest the seeds,” says Lucy. As the name suggests, giant sunflowers can grow extremely tall and usually have ...

Seed spacing depends on the sunflower variety: Dwarf (2-5 feet tall): plant seeds 6 inches apart. Semi-dwarf (5-8): plant seeds 12 inches apart Giant (8-10): plant seeds 24 inches apart Cover the ...