China Cat Sunflower Mix

A fantastic multi-headed sunflower with rings of orange on its yellow petals. About 5 foot tall, the nice thing about this is that lots of smaller heads are produced over a long season, so it is ideal for cutting, or just a fancy display in the garden. The seeds are a reasonable size and you could save them to eat or feed the birds. This variety was created by Alan Kapuler of Peace Seeds. To get the multi-heading habit, he crossed ‘Gloriosa’ with silverleaf sunflowers, and named the variety after the 1972 song by the psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead.

The song is pretty cool, but the sunflowers are even better, and less likely to annoy your neighbours.