It's first flower opened, and it's a nice yellow flower. However - look
behind it to the left. The house in the background is my neighbors house
across the street. See his fence to the left of his house? See the
sunflowers sticking up above the fence? It's not the same as mine, however,
as mine has a 14"+ flower, and the sunflowers that have multiple flowers
usually 4" flowers. I'm not sure how big the other flowers on this plant
will be.

Ook wrote:
It's first flower opened, and it's a nice yellow flower. However - look
behind it to the left. The house in the background is my neighbors house
across the street. See his fence to the left of his house? See the
sunflowers sticking up above the fence? It's not the same as mine, however,
as mine has a 14"+ flower, and the sunflowers that have multiple flowers
usually 4" flowers. I'm not sure how big the other flowers on this plant
will be.





I don't think it's a mutant, I think it's a cross. And a very impressive
one, too. Of course the question is, Will the cross breed true? Save a
handful or two of seeds, and find out next year. I would like to see
what you get. ;-)


--
Wolf
'Just because it's true doesn't mean it's the right answer.'

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Ook wrote:
It's first flower opened, and it's a nice yellow flower. However - look
behind it to the left. The house in the background is my neighbors house
across the street. See his fence to the left of his house? See the
sunflowers sticking up above the fence? It's not the same as mine,
however, as mine has a 14"+ flower, and the sunflowers that have multiple
flowers usually 4" flowers. I'm not sure how big the other flowers on
this plant will be.


I don't think it's a mutant, I think it's a cross. And a very impressive
one, too. Of course the question is, Will the cross breed true? Save a
handful or two of seeds, and find out next year. I would like to see what
you get. ;-)



Agreed - cross, not mutant. I would guess that it won't breed true. I have
too many other types of sunflowers too close to it. And the bees and bugs
love sunflowers, so they get cross polinated easily. However, I do have
several pure 12' tall mammoth sunflowers growing, along with the short multi
headed colorful ones. I'm betting a lot of tall, colorful, multi-headed
plants. will come from the seeds.