





Helianthus annuus

Centaurea cyanus

Zinnia elegans

Helianthus annuus

Zinnia elegans

Limonium sinuatum

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Helianthus annuus

Bupleurum rotundifolium

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Centaurea cyanus

Helianthus annuus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Daucus carota

Saponaria vaccaria

Zinnia elegans

Limonium sinuatum

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans

Cosmos bipinnatus

Nigella damascena

Cosmos bipinnatus
When we grow Sunflowers at our farm, the following applies:
(1) we always start more expensive Sunflower seeds indoors
(2) we can sow cheap seeds directly into beds, or even scatter them around the garden
(3) we never grow Sunflowers in the same place for multiple years in a row
(4) spacing influences flower size (tighter = small flowers, wider spacing = large flowers)
(5) sow Sunflowers successively throughout the whole season
Those are the most important points for growing Sunflowers, but in order...
In our offer, you will find Sunflower seeds from the ProCut series. ProCut is like the Porsche among Sunflowers — single-stem pollen-free Sunflowers designed for cutting. These are more expensive seeds, i.e., we recommend starting indoors.
Furthermore, we have Sunflowers Evening Sun, Earthwalker, Skyscraper, and Autumn Beauty in our assortment; you can sow these straight into beds or just scatter them around the garden. Although they are not bred specifically for cutting, we like them for their novel colors and at least you can make a comparison in your garden.
For seeds from the ProCut series, choose a larger seed tray, into which you sow individual seeds and cover with 2 cm of substrate. Seeds germinate in a few days at a temperature of 10 - 20 °C. In roughly 2 - 3 weeks, you will have beautiful seedlings that you can transplant into the bed. It is ideal to harden off the seedlings for at least a week.
If you still want to sow directly into beds, wait until the soil temperature is at least 7 °C, which works out to mid-May. Cover seeds with ~ 2 cm of soil. Germination will be slower compared to starting indoors.
Sunflowers start to bloom when the days shorten, which is why we associate them precisely with autumn. If you plant Sunflowers immediately after the last frosts (mid-May), the Sunflower will elongate during the long days and high temperatures and create long stems. As soon as autumn approaches, it will start to bloom.
So do not be afraid to plant Sunflowers successively during the year; we recommend every 2 - 3 weeks so you have a supply of flowers.
We plant at a spacing of 15 - 30 cm apart. Remember that the more space you give a Sunflower, the larger the flower it will create. For our purposes, we try to plant Sunflowers as close to each other as possible so they create more compact flowers that we can use in bouquets. We never pinch Sunflowers. Sunflowers create such a robust stem that they do not need any form of support; they hold themselves up. However, if strong rains and winds are frequent in your area, rather provide Sunflowers with some form of support.
As soon as the Sunflower blooms color up, you can harvest. If you grow for cutting, however, harvest it before all the petals unfold. We recommend harvesting in the cooler part of the day and without dew, ideally in the morning.
For storing harvested Sunflowers, we recommend removing all leaves from the stem; you can leave a few top leaves. You can store Sunflowers at a temperature of 2 - 4 °C for up to a week.
In a vase, Sunflowers last 7 - 10 days; some types, especially the pollen-free ones, last up to 15 days with proper care (trimming stems and changing water). A trick for longer endurance of Sunflowers in a vase is that we sear the ends of the stems, or scald the ends in hot water.
The information given is based on our experience, please use it as a guide only. Times may vary depending on the season, climate, location, sowing and transplanting dates and possibly also the conditions in the greenhouse/greenhouse. We always recommend testing how the plant performs in your conditions. Please do not take this as a guarantee.







Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Daucus carota

Cosmos bipinnatus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Centaurea cyanus

Zinnia elegans

Cosmos bipinnatus

Centaurea cyanus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Saponaria vaccaria

Zinnia elegans

Nigella damascena

Centaurea cyanus

Helianthus annuus

Centaurea cyanus

Delphinium consolida

Cosmos bipinnatus