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Mexican Sunflower “Torch” Tithonia

$2.50
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This easy-to-grow orange powerhouse comes on late in the season just in time for migrating Monarch butterflies who love it. Great for mass plantings in unloved parts of the garden as it doesn’t need especially good soil.

JOY MAX QUALITIES:

  • Easy-to-grow and fun for kids

  • Food source for migrating monarch butterflies

  • Huge orange wall of flowers. Attracts all sorts of pollinators and hummingbirds

  • Open-pollinated

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Mexican Sunflower “Torch” Tithonia

$2.50
Sold Out

This easy-to-grow orange powerhouse comes on late in the season just in time for migrating Monarch butterflies who love it. Great for mass plantings in unloved parts of the garden as it doesn’t need especially good soil.

JOY MAX QUALITIES:

  • Easy-to-grow and fun for kids

  • Food source for migrating monarch butterflies

  • Huge orange wall of flowers. Attracts all sorts of pollinators and hummingbirds

  • Open-pollinated

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Planting Information: Direct seeding is best. After last frost. Sow once soil temperature is 70-85°F. Barely cover seeds as light is required for germination. Tolerates poor soil. Flowering doesn’t occur until late summer but then it puts on a big orange show. Harvest flowers for cut bouquets when they are 90-100% open. Stand in deep, warm water for several hours. Deadhead plants to prolong flowering.

Tithonia rotundifolia GROW ZONES: 4-9 SEED DEPTH: Surface sow when temps are warm. Thin to one plant when true leaves appear. GERM: 7-14 days at 70-85°F SOIL: Loamy or sandy, well-drained soil of low to moderate fertility. Too much nitrogen will reduce blooms. SUN: Full sun MATURE SIZE: 60-72" They get very tall and bushy. Plant in the way back or as a summer hedge. SPACING: 12-24" DAYS TO MATURITY: 85-90 Days