grown from seed, now 8 feet tall!

these are my moulin rouge sunflowers, have been waiting for them to bloom although i love the huge foliage. every leaf bract has a bud, so we're going to have a LOT of seeds to trade this fall. :)

this one's been open for a few days, it was a more coppery-brown when it opened, but it's yellowing more and more every day.

This is a new bud just opening on the talles plant. This plant is also the deepest purple on the stalk because it gets the most sun, i think. I wish they were all this black-velvet red. it's stunning.

Beautiful sunflowers. The first time I grew these, DH decided they were "wrong." He had never seen a sunflower that was not yellow. Lol. Watch to make sure they are not getting topheavy. I had to tie my taller ones up as the blooms and resulting seeds got too heavy for the stalk.

Those are beautiful Naien. So healthy and the flower is amazing.

Dove