Lemon Queen Sunflower Seeds (Organic)

Lemon Queen Sunflower is a radiant and adaptable variety, admired for its soft lemon-yellow blossoms and simply growth. With a naturally branching habit, these sunflowers produce a profusion of 3–5 inch blooms that draw in both pollinators and garden enthusiasts. The pale yellow petals encircle deep, dark centers, creating a beautiful contrast that brightens any garden bed or landscape design. Well-suited to full sun and well-drained soil, Lemon Queen is a hardy choice for novice gardeners and seasoned growers alike.

Variety Details

• Plant type: Tender Annual
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Well-suited to full sun and well-drained soil, Lemon Queen is a hardy choice for novice gardeners and seasoned growers alike.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 65–85°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2 inch
• Germination: 7–14 days
• Height at Maturity: 5–7 feet
• Days to Maturity: 75–90 days
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 12–18 inches

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Lemon Queen Sunflower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Lemon Queen Sunflower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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