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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Apr 3, 2023 | Replies (1001)

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@sueinmn

@johnbishop John the bad news is there are no perennial true sunflowers in Minnesota. The closest would be the cup plant, silphium perfoliatum, I think. But while the plants are tall and strong the flowers are fairly small. Otherwise you can plant a patch of the annual variety and let them self-seed.
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@sueinmn I knew there were a few varieties but didn't know the difference. I did find a sawtooth sunflower (Helianthus grosseserratus) that I am considering buying some seeds on Prairie Moon Nursery website (https://www.prairiemoon.com/helianthus-grosseserratus-saw-tooth-sunflower-prairie-moon-nursery.html). The flowers are small and it's more like a tall grass plant which may be nice as a border along the edge of my wooded area. I do like the large sunflowers though and am planning on getting some of those. I wasn't sure if they would reseed themselves.