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    Non-stop sun lovers

    Mar 08, 2022 4 minutes

    SUNFLOWERS (Helianthus) are one of the happiest plants: their daisy-shaped flowers in fiery colours fill the garden with cheer from July to September.

    Most people are familiar with annual sunflowers, and tend either to love or loathe them. But there are also perennial forms, which are often mistaken for rudbeckias, and provide glorious golden color at the back of the border in late summer and early autumn. Both provide nectar for pollinators, and the annuals’ seed is eaten by birds.

    Excellent border plants

    Perennial sunflowers take pride of place at Great Dixter in East Sussex, which is famous for its fabulous use of colour. “We use them in the borders, alongside heleniums,

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