How to plant sunflower seeds

This complete guide to potted sunflower care will help you grow gorgeous sunflowers right on your back porch!

Bright and beautiful, sunflowers are well known for their bold yellow hue.

Because they attract bees and butterflies, they are often planted alongside vegetable gardens.

Growing sunflowers in pots indoors

 But a lesser known secret is that sunflowers can also grow well in pots and containers!

Sunflowers happen to be very easy to grow in containers- they are the perfect easy growing flowers for kids! But they need to be given the right light, soil, and waterto thrive!

This is the complete guide to growing sunflowers in pots and containers.

We discuss the soil, light, fertilizer and container needs of your sunflower plants, giving you the best potted sunflower growing tips!

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How To Care For Potted Sunflowers

Give potted sunflowers 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight.