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"Brian" wrote in message
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The commercial varieties of Sunflower are grown for their seed and oil
properties. Those you have purchased are most likely garden varieties
supposedly much more attractive than those grown in fields. They might
even
be dwarf or nearly double.
Those from the birdseed will be of the field variety.


Surely, once you've grown your first batch of sunflowers, you need never buy
the seeds again....

If they were hybrids,which is very likely with ornamental garden
varieties, the seeds won't breed true.

Please don't top-post. There's a weekly abcfornewcomers post which
explains more, you may find it helpful.

Janet