Sunflowers dates of maturity

13 years ago

What are approximate dates of maturity for the following varieties of sunflowers. Autumn Beauty, Evening Sun Mix, Strawberry Blonde Hybrid, Teddy Bear, and Chianti Hybrid? They are all Burpee seed packets. My daughter is getting married on September 18. I bought these seeds for friends, in different areas, within 150 miles, to grow for me so we have flowers for the vases at the reception and decorating the church.

How soon before the wedding, which is on a Saturday, do I dare harvest them? I was hoping on the Wednesday or Thursday prior to the wedding.

I also would love the hear about other varieties of sunflowers which make good cut flowers, and sources for their seeds. The bridesmaids are wearing cobalt blue or blue velvet color dresses if you are familiar with David's Bridal so I believe sunflowers will be a beautiful contrast.

Thank you.

Comments (2)

thinman
13 years ago
Autumn beauty is about 100 days.
Strawberry Blonde and Teddy Bear are each about 60 days.

This is according to the Johhny's catalog. They don't list the other two varieties.

I don't think you should have any problem with picking them on Wednesday of Thursday, especially if you pick freshly opened flowers. Just keep them cool and in water.

Johnny's Selected Seeds online or print catalog is a good resource for sunflowers. They list estimated bloom times for all their suns, and indicate which are pollenless hybrids.

ThinMan
carpenterlady
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you Thinman. I looked on the Burpee site and they didn't have maturity dates. I even have a Johnny's catalog, I should have thought to look into. I bought these Burpee seeds at Menards because they were cheap and I was buying a lot of them. I will be putting another order into Johnny's. Thank you!
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