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sunflowers from birdfeed

20 years ago

Next year, I would like to grow a large section of sunflowers to form a hedge. The actual appearance of the bloom isn't important, just that I have mid-heighth flowers (5 feet). To be cheap, can't I just buy a bag of black-oil sunflower seeds that are meant to be fed to birds? I should get thousands of seeds for the same price as a few dozen seeds in a package. Will they bloom like all other sunflower seeds?

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mmqchdygg
20 years ago
We always get volunteers underneath our birdfeeders. I don't see why not. Can't hurt- especially for the price!

(for the record, though, ours tend to be dwarf-size, not reaching more than 12-18", BUT others may have diff't experiences.)
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
20 years ago
The black oil seed sunflowers sown accidentally by birds behind our garden shed (so pretty, we're going to do it again) were all about 5 feet in height. I think that these sunflowers don't get as tall as the non-oil sunflowers.

It was the first time I had been able to observe developing sunflowers in person. What a pollinator magnet! Never seen so many bees (for example) on one plant in my life!

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:23988}}
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coasterphile
Original Author
20 years ago
Thanks rhizo for the picture link! Guess I don't have anything to worry about with their beauty! They are gorgeous!

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