Last fall I ordered seeds for a pink sunflower - Midnight Oil - and coveted them throughout the winter for spring planting. They weren't cheap: 15 seeds were offered for $11.99 on Amazon (that's nearly $0.80 per seed!)
It was probably April when the weather began to warm enough that I planted the seeds in potting soil and in peat pots on our enclosed south-facing porch.
I moved them to the north end of the garden in mid-May when the risk of frost was past.
Recently I noticed the plants were beginning to form buds. They were still short - dwarf sunflowers that were no more than a yard tall. That was my first disappointment. But then the buds began to show color.
Yellow!
06-16-24
I figured maybe they began to show as the traditional yellow and then faded to pink.
They didn't.
06-17-24
Of the eleven plants I have growing in my garden, five have bloomed. All are yellow!
06-20-24
Here's another close-up of the largest flower head.
06-20-24
They're pretty but they're no more than the standard sunflower. And there's not a pink petal among them.
Later: The seller on Amazon offered a full refund. "I'm very sorry that you had a bad shopping experience," they wrote. At least the resolution was honorable.
06-24-24
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