Tithonia Torch Bloom Mexican Sunflower
Husky as well as coarse amongst spectacularly gaudy flowers is how i garden reference describes Tithonia. Well, they are tall as well as opened upward branched amongst stems equally thick equally a pocket-size tree, only oh, how the butterflies honey those gaudy flowers. Every sunny hr of the solar daytime this month, assorted butterflies volition last sitting on the flowers spell swaying inwards the current of air on Tithonia’s sturdy branches. Tithonia rotundifolia has a few mutual names: Torch Flower , Golden Flower of the Incas as well as Mexican Sunflower only the seed packets state Tithonia.
Many of the nectar-providing flowers that are blooming directly are members of the Aster or aster family found family. Tithonia is inwards the Sunflower tribe of the Aster family. Their native arrive at goes from Central America, through United Mexican States as well as into the Southwestern US.
There are several varieties only T. rotundifolia or Torch is the alone i that shows upward inwards the blossom seed racks inwards the spring. It grows 6-feet tall as well as iii feet broad past times the destination of the summer. The orangish flowers are 2-inches across. Other varieties tin last ordered online.
Tithonia Arcadian Blend mixture contains seeds that grow into plants alone ii ½ feet tall as well as the blossom colors are gold, orangish as well as yellow. Aztec Sunday is 4-feet tall amongst apricot flowers, Fiesta del Sol is ii ½ feet tall as well as Goldfinger is 4-feet tall amongst deep orangish flowers. Tithonias would brand a practiced summertime screening hedge.
Each autumn our seeds are collected as well as spread out over a covert to dry out as well as hence stored inwards a bottle amongst a silica packet. In the saltation they are planted inwards a well-drained, sunny location. They honey oestrus hence they volition accept their fourth dimension coming upward if the solid soil is cold. 
They desire an average amount of H2O as well as tin tolerate dry out soil for a few days. Removing spent flowers volition assistance them re-bloom. For containers, purpose a large pot as well as house it inwards total sun.