Helianthus, Annual Sunflower, Common Sunflower 'Jade'

I like the sunflower itself, but it is not one for cutting, too many too close. Also I noticed the color fades the longer it is open. L...Read Moreooking closely I noticed it was more green before it opened and right after it was barely open, it fades a lot to an ivory color. I probably wouldn't grow it again unless I was wanting something that shade for the back of a flowerbed, I could probably find something better.

Very Pretty. Very Very Weak Grower For A Sunflower. :-(

This sunflower is a multi-bloomer that has soft yellow flowers (wi...Read Moreth very mild green tone) which are about 4 inches wide. This flower doesnt cut as well as other sunflowers and its weaker growth makes it a very bad sunflower to grow for cut flowers. The flowers though in the yard are very pretty and it is still a very nice sunflower. It grows slowly compared to other sunflowers and all in all is probably not worth growing unless you really like the colour. I recommend growing Vanilla Ice over this sunflower. The colour isnt the same but the size of the flower is similar and they share the pale soft tones but Vanilla Ice is a much stronger grower. I still gave this sunflower a postive though because I do enjoy the colour alot but if I didnt this sunflower would be a neutral bordering on a negative for Weak Growth and very deceitful marketing as a green sunflower.

Edit - Changed to a Neutral as its weak growth and lack of multiple blooms has become such an irritant to me that I can not justify giving this a positive rating. There are much better branching sunflowers than this one and sadly once the novelty of the colour wears off its a real dissappointment

Edit - Changed to a Negative as its weak growth and lack of multiple blooms has finally angered me enough to rip all 6 of them out of my sunflower patch. This thing was a dreadful dissappointment for a sunflower. It's marketing as the first green sunflower is a farce and gets you all excited for a flower that is beyond pathetic for a sunflower. You are better of getting a normal sunflower and injecting green food dye into the stem. Sure the plant will die but you will probably get more green flowers out of it than you will out of this miserable plant.

This plant is touted by gardening catalogues as a green sunflower...... I don't have a photo...... I don't have a digital camera but m...Read Morey plants just started blooming....... the color is not green barely chartreuse...... more of a pale yellow with a green but very faint green eye....... this sunflower is good for pale yellow or the palest green color in the garden....... it is not green or chartruese...... certainly no non gardener would call it green....... it is pretty ...... but is a weak grower...... short and with small flowers....... perhaps better for bedding than as a specimen plant.........