🧿Seller Notes “Fresh Seed Ready for Planting! Instructions in the Listing! Fall Planting is great on this item!”
🧿Climate Varied Climates, Zones 1 - 10
🧿Planting Time 60-90 days
🧿Common Name Maximillian Sunflower
🧿Color Yellow
🧿Indoor/Outdoor Outdoor
🧿Growth Habit 3-8' tall
🧿MPN MNS-MM
🧿Soil Type Top Soil, Mushroom Compost, All Soils, All types of soil, Clay, Loam, Peat, Sand
🧿Brand Mother Nature's Seeds
🧿Season of Interest Fall, Spring, Summer
🧿Type Flower Seeds
🧿Life Cycle Perennial
🧿Watering Medium
🧿Genus Helianthus maximiliani
🧿Sunlight Full Sun, Medium Sun
🧿Features Non-GMO, Drought Resistant, Great for Late Summer or Fall Planting, Flowering, Open-Pollinating
🧿Cultivating Difficulty Very Easy
🧿Country/Region of Manufacture United States
This seed needs cold stratification or soaking to germinate. May not bloom until second year. But it is a perennial and will come back yearly.
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Half
Sun / Half Shade
Ideal Region: Northeast, Southeast,
Midwest, West, Southwest, Pacific Northwest
Soil Type: Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil,
Clay Soil, Drought/Dry Soil, Moist/Wet Soil
Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Moist
/ Wet, Well Draining
Advantages: Attract Butterflies,
Attract Birds, Bee Friendly, Pest / Disease Resistant, Native, Low
Maintenance, Great For Mass Plantings, Multiplies / Naturalizes
For successful germination, cold stratify the seeds indoors, start about 8-10 weeks before your spring frost date.
Put seeds in a zip lock bag with moistened seed starting medium, and store in the refrigerator for 30 days.
Sow
indoors at 55-72° (will germinate over a wide temperature range) at a
depth of 4 times the diameter of the seeds
Can
be sown outdoors in early spring while the soil is still cool or in fall,
up to two months before first frost
When
sowing outdoors, sow at a depth same as indoors and expect germination in
15-20 days
When
sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the
width of the seed
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Please read the planting instructions! Some
seeds require cold stratification. Some Perennials probably will not bloom
until the 2nd year.
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Divide every
3 years. You can also collect your own seeds. Goldfinches love
these seeds and there are 1000's on every plant!
100%
Pure Seed – Non-GMO – Fresh for Season - can be planted in Spring, Summer or
Fall
Maximilian
Sunflower is a tall (3-8 feet) perennial sunflower with yellow flowers up to 3
inches across. This plant’s tubers were an important food source for western
tribes of Native Americans. Found from southern Canada south to North Carolina,
Kentucky and Texas, this plant tolerates full to partial sun, dry to moderate
moisture, and a wide range of soils. It blooms from late August to October and
flowers attract honey bees and wild bees. Serves as an important wildlife plant
– deer forage on leaves and birds eat the seeds.
A way to
insure germination is to cold stratify perennial seeds.
Stratification.
This is the most common way to break your seeds out of dormancy. Essentially,
you are simulating a short winter for the seed by placing it in the
refrigerator. Most seeds carry inhibitors that prevent them from germinating
until warmer temperatures arrive in the spring. When the plant goes back to
room temperature after being placed in the refrigerator, it is more likely to
undergo germination. The length of the stratification process depends on your
specific seed. Larger seeds often need to be placed in between wet paper towels
before going into the refrigerator. For your smaller seeds, you’ll want to
place them in a tray of soil.
Add Light.
Some seeds need sunlight to begin to germinate. Place your seeds on top of your
soil for a few days and have a little bit of patience while expecting them to
begin to germinate.
We germinated them two ways. First we soaked in water overnight. Then one batch we put on top of dirt in pots spritzing them with water and they germinated in 10 days. Second batch in between two wet paper towels and they germinated in 7 days (see photo).
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Maximilian gives you the iconic color of Sunflowers but is a
perennial, blooming year after year.
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This variety illuminates the garden with golden-yellow blooms all
the way from summer into fall.
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Reaching heights of 3-8’, this Sunflower will quickly become the
true backbone of your perennial wildflower meadow or garden.
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Like all Sunflowers, Maximilian is easy to grow and attracts
pollinators all season long.
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Seeds are non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow.
Perennial.
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Finches love these very small sunflower seeds!
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Get the drama, height, and color of Sunflowers year after year
with Maximilian.
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The large, sturdy green stems produce gorgeous yellow blooms in
summer through fall.
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Native to prairies, this sunflower is actually great food for
livestock and produces a large crop of seeds each year, making it attractive to
other wildlife.
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Maximilian is named after Prince Maximilian of Germany
(1782-1867).
Transplanting: Transplant when there
are at least two sets of true leaves
Spacing: Space plants 2-3 feet
apart in full sun in almost any soil short of water-logged
Soil: Very tolerant of drought and
heat
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