Description
Easily grown in medium moisture, well-drained, average garden soils in full sun. Needs full sun for best flowering. Tolerates somewhat poorer soils that are on the dry side.
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?First Light? is a perennial sunflower cultivar that produces a clump of foliage to 44? tall. Foliage is covered in fall (September?October) with a profuse bloom of 2.5-3? diameter sunflowers with golden yellow rays and brown center disks. Narrow, hairy, linear leaves (to 4? long). Parents of this patented cultivar are unpatented H. salicifolia (willow-leaved sunflower) cultivars ?Golden Pyramid? and ?Autumn Glory?. An introduction of Blooms of Bressingham who have given it the common name of willow-leaved sunflower.
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Easily grown in medium moisture, well-drained, average garden soils in full sun. Needs full sun for best flowering. Tolerates somewhat poorer soils that are on the dry side.
| Common Name | First Light Willow Leaf Sunflower |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Helianthus salicifolius 'First Light' PP13150 |
| Container/Amount | 1 gallon |
| Evergreen or Deciduous | Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b |
| Growth Rate | Average |
| Light Requirements | Sun |
| Height | 3 to 4 ft. |
| Width | 2 to 3 ft. |
| Soil Condition | Well-drained |
| Water Needs | Average |
| Blooming Period | late summer to fall |
| Flower Color | yellows |
| Fragrance | No |
| Foliage Color | green |
| Deer Resistant | Yes |