Sunflower ‘ProCut White Nite’

Helianthus annuus

Features

  • Easy to grow
  • Heat-loving
  • One-hit wonder

Description

An exciting addition to the ProCut line, ‘White Nite’ produces tall, ivory-petaled flowers with chocolaty-brown centers. This reliable single-stemmed variety is pollenless and bred for commercial cut flower production.

Details

Plant type: annual
Height: 60 to 72 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 60 to 65 days
Plant spacing: 4 to 6 in
Pinch: do not pinch

Seed Sowing & Growing Notes

Sunflowers can be direct-seeded into the garden after all danger of frost has passed or started indoors in trays and transplanted out after 2 to 3 weeks.

Harvesting/Vase Life

Harvest as soon as the first petals on a bloom start to lift off the central disk. Strip three-quarters of the leaves from the stem. Expect a vase life of 7 to 10 days.

Details

Description

An exciting addition to the ProCut line, ‘White Nite’ produces tall, ivory-petaled flowers with chocolaty-brown centers. This reliable single-stemmed variety is pollenless and bred for commercial cut flower production.

Details

Plant type: annual
Height: 60 to 72 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 60 to 65 days
Plant spacing: 4 to 6 in
Pinch: do not pinch

Seed Sowing & Growing Notes

Sunflowers can be direct-seeded into the garden after all danger of frost has passed or started indoors in trays and transplanted out after 2 to 3 weeks.

Harvesting/Vase Life

Harvest as soon as the first petals on a bloom start to lift off the central disk. Strip three-quarters of the leaves from the stem. Expect a vase life of 7 to 10 days.

Sources

How to Grow

Summer Mini Course

Learn how to grow, harvest & arrange beautiful cut flowers

In our upcoming three-part video series, you’ll learn a simple step to double the number of blooms your plants produce, how to cut and care for your flowers for the longest vase life, and how to make mixed bouquets quickly and efficiently.