“These are one of the best types to grow if you want to eat your sunflower and harvest the seeds,” says Lucy. As the name suggests, giant sunflowers can grow extremely tall and usually have ...

As they celebrate 160 years of helping British gardeners to grow, we’ve teamed up with Dobbies Garden Centres and ...

The four sunflower classifications differ in how long it takes the plant to mature flower and affect when you will get the blooms you desire. Giant cultivars grow to 8 feet or more with 12-14 inch ...

Sunflowers can also be considered a “trap crop," meaning they may lure unwanted insects away from your vegetable crops.

we’ve teamed up with Dobbies Garden Centres and Fothergill’s seeds to offer every reader the chance to grow their very own Giant Sunflower this summer. Pick up your Express on Saturday 26 ...

All 4000 packets of giant sunflower have now gone ... Extra large seeds mean extra tall plants and this variety can grow to 3.6-4.5m (12-15ft). It has golden-yellow flowers measuring 35cm ...