Sunflower

Girasol · Tournesol

Flower

🧩 Role in the garden

Family: Asteraceae
Height: tall (> 100 cm)
Shape: upright
Roots: deep · taproot
Sun: full sun
Season: warm season
Grows in: ☀ summer beds (warm season)

Jobs in the bed

Living supportA sturdy stem a climber can use. Put it on the north side so it does not shade the rest.
Brings pollinatorsFlowers that feed bees and butterflies. Useful next to crops that need pollinating.

Rotation

Do not return Asteraceae to the same spot for 3–4 years. Same family:

Lettuce
Marigold (Tagetes)
Calendula (pot marigold)
Cosmos
Zinnia
Tansy
Yarrow
Chamomile

How these roles work in the Guide →

✿ Benefit

Living support for climbers; attracts pollinators & seed-eating birds

Its residues are allelopathic (a legume sown after sunflower yielded less): clear the stalks before resowing; tall and thirsty, it competes with low neighbours

✓ Place near

✓ Cucumber
✓ Squash / zucchini
✓ Corn
✓ Melon

✗ Keep apart

None listed.