GROW SUNFLOWERS
(HELIANTHUS) One of the easiest grown autumn flowering annuals available is the sunflower. The plants can be raised from seed in a very short time. The name comes from “Helios,” the sun, and “anthose,” a flower, because the flowers turn round on thin stalks after the sun There are many new varieties now available in shades of reds and bronze The old variety. Giant Russian, growing 10 feet high, can be set now. These are very attractive and help to fill up odd corners- Sow the seed in drills or clumps of six and thin out as required The minature sunflower, yellpw with dark centre, is qi’ite a well-known favourite and the best sort to grow in beds or borders. Growing bushy plants two feet high, they produce masses of golden flowers that are attractively
showy. The seed may be still set in boxes or sown in the open beds as required. Transplant to two feet apart in almost any soil and water well until established. This is essentially an autumn and summer plant which is killed out as soon as the cold winds of winter make their appearance.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 26 (Supplement)
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191GROW SUNFLOWERS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 26 (Supplement)
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