Sunflowers

With so much focus on the countryside, growing sunflowers should be in every shoot’s game plan. They cheer people up; all birds love to eat them and the seed is highly nutritious. Easy to grow, they will tolerate most soil types and drought, the young plants are prone to slug damage and rabbits. Mature, well grown sunflowers will provide plenty of food through the winter months, seed crops of 1 tonne per acre are not unknown. Sunflowers are best grown in combination with other crops. Our varieties are commercial and very high yielding. They have excellent standing, are of medium height. Perfect for use in game cover.