Asked on Jul 30, 2014
Self sown sunflowers?
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Last year I planted sunflowers in two areas...along one large fence line (shown here) and in a group in a separate garden bed.
This year, these plants are growing in the exact spot that the sunflowers grew last year.
They are not true to the original and are a completely different color, but the areas where they are growing this year seem to indicate that they are self sown sunflowers, perhaps from hybrid seeds which don't grow true to parent.
Do you think I am correct or is this some type of selective weed that just chose only those two areas of my many garden beds to grow?
No flowers yet, so it's hard to say.
This year, these plants are growing in the exact spot that the sunflowers grew last year.
They are not true to the original and are a completely different color, but the areas where they are growing this year seem to indicate that they are self sown sunflowers, perhaps from hybrid seeds which don't grow true to parent.
Do you think I am correct or is this some type of selective weed that just chose only those two areas of my many garden beds to grow?
No flowers yet, so it's hard to say.
along the fence line
closer look at the plant
7 answers
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I;m having the same problem, but mine don't look anything like that. Mine might be weeds! Yours is definitely some kind of desirable? plant, but i cannot help you. It's pretty, though.
Vicki K
on Jul 30, 2014
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@Carol, those are not sunflowers. Does it have a smell and what is the like?
Jean Whittington
on Jul 30, 2014
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Maybe the birds dropped the seeds to those plants while eating the seeds of the sunflowers. The are not sunflowers. Might be some kind of herbs.
Judy Johnson
on Jul 30, 2014
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It is an edible plant called Shiso aka Perilla frutescens. You might have planted it last year and it self sowed.
Rhonda B
on Jul 30, 2014
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If the birds dropped they are exact. Every single place where I planted them have these this year. In the exact spots. Also I did not plant shiso. Let me go look at images of it to see if it looks like mine. No smell.
Carol Speake - The Gardening Cook
on Jul 30, 2014
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Many plants that you never sowed come up .. excuse the ick .. but .. they come from bird droppings
Donna Marie P
on Jul 30, 2014
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Oh I didn't see the bird drop post there .... nevermind
Donna Marie P
on Jul 30, 2014
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