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Load image into Gallery viewer, Vigorous plants thrive in hot, dry weather. Can grow up to 72” tall, and produces showy bright orange flowers; You may find occasional plants with yellow or red flowers. Blooms midsummer to first hard freeze. Attracts beneficial insects. Though this plant is not native to the Southwestern U.S. we include it because of its cultural importance in the region. Plant when the soil warms in the spring.

Mexican Sunflower

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Tithonia rotundifolia.

Vigorous plants thrive in hot, dry weather. Can grow up to 72” tall, and produces showy bright orange flowers; You may find occasional plants with yellow or red flowers. Blooms midsummer to first hard freeze.

Attracts beneficial insects.
Though this plant is not native to the Southwestern U.S. we include it because of its cultural importance in the region.
Plant when the soil warms in the spring.
Not from our Seed Bank Collection but your purchase supports our conservation mission.
A native of southern Mexico.
One gram packet will cover approximately 30 square feet

Photo credit: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo via Creative Commons by SA 2.0

$3.00

Mexican Sunflower

Growing nicely, about 18" tall right now on July 15.

Mexican Sunflowers

I am currently starting seedlings indoors and have 100% germination after 1 week. I originally attempted sowing the seeds directly outdoors, but with the terrible wind storms we have had, I have seen no signs of germination.

Simply stunning

Ive grown these for years and they still somehow manage to amaze me each year. The picture really doesn't do the color justice. The underside of the petals are bright yellow and the red/orange color is almost neon in the sun. My bees love them, the bumble bees seem to be particularly attracted to them.

I have not sown them yet, waiting for the desert enigma to arrive.

Mexican sunflower

Beautiful flowers.

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Mexican Sunflower

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