The SUNFLOWER FANATIC

Trevor Hyland is a sunflower fanatic, and for the past nine years he has bought up to 100,000 seeds each summer, packaging them up and sending them out to all of his clients and friends. He is affectionately known on the Hibiscus Coast as "Mr Sunflower" and by December the verge outside his Manly home is crowded with giant sunflower blooms. Trevor puts his passion for sunflowers down to what he calls "the happy flower syndrome". He grows 17 varieties in his own garden small and tall.

Here are some of Trev's favourites:

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DOUBLE DANDY
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warf branching variety, 60cm height - a wonderful double flowered dwarf red Sunflower the Dark Crimson muted centre has twice the usual amount of outer petals.

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MUNCHKIN
Dwarf branching variety, 60cm height - uniform dwarf pollen free branching Sunflower, bright
yellow flowers with attractive Green centres, exceptionally long flowering.

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APRICOT TWIST

Branching variety, 150 cm height - new variety with Apricot flowers, strong stems,
long petals and a pollen free centre.

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SUNSPOT
Dwarf form of the usual Giant Sunflower, 40cm height - 20cm-25cm diameter gigantic blooms in
compact plants, smaller secondary blooms at the base of the plant give added colour.
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GIANT SUNGOLD
150 cm height - 100% fully double Golden Yellow flowers. Useful for cutting and garden
decoration. A tall version of Teddy Bear.


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CRIMSON QUEEN
200 cm height - deep velvety Crimson petals with dark centre. Large flowers in tall stems
make it suited to the back of the border.

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MOULIN ROUGE
200 cm height - top quality Red flowers on dark branching stems. Pollen free
and excellent for cutting.


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SKYSCRAPER
360 cm height - spectacular height, heads grow 35cm-45cm, large seeded variety produced
well filled highly nutritious edible seeds for eating, roasted or raw.

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VALENTINE
150 cm height - Lemon Yellow petals contrast effectively with Black centre discs,
blooms measure 15cm in diameter, uniform well branched, vigorous upright stems.


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AUTUMN BEAUTY
200 cm height - interesting mixture of various colour combinations of Yellow, Gold,
Bronze and Mahogany single flowers on tall plants.

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CRIMSON QUEEN

200 cm height - deep velvety Crimson petals with dark centre. Large flowers in tall stems
make it suited to the back of the border.

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BLACK VELVET

Black seeded mammoth type. A Russian variety with 40cm diameter heads originally bred for commercial use to yield oil and seed for bird food mixes. The black face is in brilliant contrast with the bright yellow petals. 300cm

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FANTASIA

Formula blend of pollen-free types offering a wide range of colours including white, red, orange yellow, gold bicolour and bronze bicolour. Excellent for cutting. 200 cm
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FLORISTAN

A bicolour variety of semi-tall branching Sunflowers. Reddish bronze petals with light yellow tips border a dark disc. The small leaves are in harmonious proportion to the plentiful medium sized blooms. Puts forth 50cm side branches. 100 cm

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SUNNY F1

Bred especially for the professional cut flower grower. Comparable in quality to the top Japanese varieties currently on the market. A single stemmed plooen-free sunflower with a cheery yellow flower and a dark contrasting disc. Being slow to open and featuring short petals makes this one perfect for transportation. 180cm


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IKARUS

Unique branching type (branches near the base) with an abundance of 12-15cm diameter lovely light yellow flowers with a dark centre. The flower colour of Ikarus is slightly darker than Valentine with sturdy side stems up to 80cm in length making Ikarus an excellent cut flower variety. 120 cm
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JADE F1

A remarkable breakthrough in sunflower breeding has resulted in an amazing new green variety. A braching type with flowers exhibiting longish petals and contrasting pollen-free discs. Colour may vary due to light and seasonal changes. 120 cm
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MOULIN ROUGE F1

Top quality red flowers on dark branching stems. Pollen free and excellent for cutting. 200 cm 

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RING OF FIRE F1

All American Selections Winner 2001. Highly regarded and unique flower with a dark centre and bi-coloured petals - dark red at the base and golden yellow at the tips. The plant itself has a branching habit with long side stems suitable for cutting. 120 cm

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SONJA

Sonja is a unique sunflower that can be grown for use as a patio and garden plant or as a cut flower. A spray of flowering side branches (60-80cm long) surrounds the main stem. Attractive golden-orange blooms with dark centres are striking when compared to the yellow shades of most sunflowers. The medium sized 10cm diameter blooms on strong stems make Sonja durable in the garden and long lived in the vase 100 cm
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SORAYA

AAS Winner / Fleuroselect Quality. Rich orange flowers with a dark centre make Soraya very similar to Sonya, however, it has larger flowers (10-15cm) and thicker, sturdier stems. It is a branching type with numerous 50cm stems making it useful as a cut flower. 180 cm
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TEDDY BEAR

The sturdy dwarf plants grow huge, fully double pompom type golden flowers up to 13cm across. Great bedding plant. 70 cm