I bet you have only seen big yellow–golden sunflowers, undoubtedly, they are beautiful,  A variety of teddy bear sunflowers is often found in fluffy pom poms, teddy shapes that are yellow and golden, humans have developed them into beautiful pink teddy bear sunflowers, and now you can have this unique flower grown at your home too.

What does a teddy bear sunflower look like?

Are teddy bear sunflowers real, yes, only they look unreal, In their natural habitat, they possess the following features- 

• One and only, thick stem, 2 to 3 feet high
• Lush, dark green, oval leaves
• One stem yields many flowers 
• Flowers are 5 inches, yellow golden like furry pom poms.

Teddy bear sunflower is bred to be called unique  with teddy bear sunflower colours as-

• Pink teddy bear sunflower
• Purple teddy bear sunflower
• Blue teddy bear sunflower

Benefits of teddy bear sunflowers

• Pink teddy bear sunflowers or any other bred variety can produce sunflowers after 8 weeks of sowing
• Attract pollinators 
• Beneficial for companion plants
• Edible petals, can be used as a salad dressing

Where to place them?

Pink teddy bear sunflowers are eye-catching and unique, you should place them in an attention-grabbing space like at the corners in the middle of your garden, or even in pots.

Prune them to encourage new buds and enhance their beauty around the room or garden.

The right way to grow pink teddy bear sunflower

• What kind of sunflowers are teddy bears? protect them from the cold as they are half hardy annually, and grow them indoors until the temperature outdoors is ideal

• remove the deadheads to allow new buds from the same stem

• provide proper space for the flowers by thinning out the weak ones.

How to grow teddy bear sunflowers?

1. Growing in pots

Planting in pots is easy, follow the given steps-

• before 4 weeks of the last frost date, start sowing seeds in pots
• fill it with soil and compost 
• plant 2 seeds per pot with the hole being 1.5 inches deep
• place in a sunny space or take the help of greenhouse lighting
• When seedlings possess the second set of leaves, take them to plant in individual pots 

2. Growing them outside

Growing them in your garden to enhance its beauty can be a fun and pleasing experience

• Prepare the soil with a slow-release fertilizer or compost before 1 one month of sowing
• Sow the seeds, 2 seeds per hole, when there is no stress of frost for 3-4 months
• Water them regularly for proper seedling growth
• Trim it to the strongest as soon as the seedling emerge
• Ensure watering at least one inch per week after seedlings have emerged

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs):-

Q1. Are pink sunflowers real or not?

Ans. They might be occurring naturally but they do exist, thanks to human resources, we have developed this beautiful hybrid.

Q2. What is the rarest sunflower in the world, and what is its advantage?

Ans. Most of them are wild, Helianthus paradoxus being one, grown in Texas and Mexico, it can adapt to a very small range of environments.

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Q3. What are the rare colors of sunflowers?

Ans. Rare colors can be pink, purple, and blue which are not naturally occurring and are made by breeding.

Q4. Is red sunflower rare?

Ans. No, you can easily find them, they may have been overshadowed due to yellow and orange being too common.

Q5. How do you grow pink sunflowers?

Ans. It is easy, but it’s seeds and cares for them as you would for a normal sunflower.

Q6. Is black sunflower real?

Ans. Yes, it’s popularly used to obtain seeds rich in oil, particularly for bird feed.

Q7. Where to buy pink teddy bear sunflowers

Ans. You can buy them online from Amazon or other popular sites or even from a local nursery, but it might not be available for sure.

Q8. Are pink teddy bear sunflower seeds available?

Ans. As it not a natural production ion it may be available but with not popular.