to the ‘Mammoth Gray Stripe,’ which regularly attains 12 feet tall with heads weighing several pounds. Annual sunflowers are one of the easiest flowers to grow in containers or beds.

Its masa is earthy and sweet and cooks to a gray-green. The whole head is edible. Suerte’s corazón de girasol dish features grilled and thinly sliced sunflower hearts sitting in tomato-and ...

In comparison, giant sunflower types like ‘Mammoth Grey Stripe’ can take 120 days to mature. Most seed packets don’t include information about when the sunflower seeds will be ready to harvest.