interesting.... it should be a dark colored one...

You had better keep us posted on this plant! I'm so curious about it.

I dont know too much about sunflowers, but I do know that there are some with darker colors. I think thats what you have in that pic! Looking forward to seeing what you have!

Once it flowers I will post pics. I Know there are different color sunflowers. I found a pic of one with all purple petals maybe that what I will get

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Would love to see how this flower looks now...

Curious, did you have a frost or near frost several days before the pictures with the purple were taken?

albert no there was no frost. I know cold can cause some purple in plants but its been 80 or above for most of the past month and its still purple.

It flowered

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I think it is a hybrid between velvet queen a variety that is short branching and has brown flowers and Russian mammoth a tall variety that I grew last year and from which I collected seeds from. the result was a tall, branching, 2 color sunflower.

Wow, beautiful colors! I really do love the look of sunflowers!

Thanks alex. It has multiple heads too so it will keep blooming most of the summer

What a beauty! Thanks for the pic.