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Re: Sunflowers

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>   This sunflower bit has perked my interest.  Can anyone suggest a variety
>and a spacing that might make them a living fence or hedge.  I am thinking
>one of the large tall varieties.  They could attract more birds, I have
>several robin families and many other specie nearby.  Besides I love
>sunflower kernels.  Just hate separating them from the husks.  They make an
>excellent natural laxative that us seniors frequently need.  At least they
>do for me.  I can still gum them to death:>)
>
If you're doing a hedge of sunflowers, you'll want to place them relatively
close together, maybe one foot apart or even a bit less?  I like to fill in
the spaces by planting a mixture of shorter sunflower varieties just in
front of say Russian Mamoth's to get a layered sunflower garden.

Regards, Laurie
Wappingers Falls, NY


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