Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Let’s Swap some plants! Ric & Holly’s, 1 by sallyg

sallyg wrote:
Buttoneer--I am afraid to ask if you are missing a few places in that price of house. I suppose you are not. Oh
MY
GOSH.
But I beg to differ, or clarify, on Tithonia. There is a tall one and I believe a shorter cultivar also pretty common. I of course bought the big ol tall gangly one- ( seemed fitting) It's orange , grows like lightning and turns into a bushlike plant. Here's one from June 14th and it will grow plenty after this. Plan for a five foot tall, four foot wide plant. You could probably grow some small gourds on the plant for framework.

critter- there are some wild sunflowers. Pretty sure you usually see Mexican sunflower name used on Tithonia in the sed trade.