Sunflower, Roadside

Annual. Helianthus annuus

25 seeds per packet. 

Found thousands of these sunflowers growing wild alongside the highway in Eastern Oregon in late September, on our way to the Wallowa mountains for a backpacking trip. Couldn't believe how prolifically they were flowering, so we pulled over and I harvested a bunch of seeds.

This is one of the few seeds in our catalog that isn't grown at the farm, but I know it is adapted to super dryland drought conditions, so I am confident it will thrive in many locations. Great prospect for some roadside guerilla gardening, or planting out your parking strip, or anywhere else around the city that doesn't get irrigated and could use some cheery sunflowers ;)