Compact (60-90cm) types don’t need staking, but the standard (1-1.5m) ... His FleuroSun collection includes branching types, ... A typical sunflower contains 1200 seeds .

A sunflower typically has 1000 to 4000 florets packed into the head, in a spiral that follows the Fibonacci sequence and fits the most florets in the smallest space.

Sunflowers are the happiest of blooms. They also have edible petals and seeds. Both the common and botanical name (Helianthus annuus) reference the sun they resemble, but they also track the sun.