how many different colors of sun flowers are there? i thought it was just yellow but i have been told differen
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There are about five, yellow, dark red, orange, cream, white.
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I hope this helps you out. I sowed one package of large Russian sunflowers in my garden. Even though all the seeds came from the same package, not all flowers have the same color. I believe that the pH of the soil makes a difference. On the heavy alkaline clay soil the flowers are yellow and brown all right, but the seed which sprouted on the compost heap grew into red flowers with just a bit of a yellow around the outside, as you can see in the picture.
What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formerly composite flower) of numerous flowers crowded together. The outer flowers are the ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. These flowers are sterile. The flowers that fill the circular head inside the ray flowers are called disc florets.
I hope this helps you out. I sowed one package of large Russian sunflowers in my garden. Even though all the seeds came from the same package, not all flowers have the same color. I believe that the pH of the soil makes a difference. On the heavy alkaline clay soil the flowers are yellow and brown all right, but the seed which sprouted on the compost heap grew into red flowers with just a bit of a yellow around the outside, as you can see in the picture.
What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formerly composite flower) of numerous flowers crowded together. The outer flowers are the ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. These flowers are sterile. The flowers that fill the circular head inside the ray flowers are called disc florets.
Check out www.hort.net for photographs of sunflowers.