Sunflower named The Joker #5 is a photograph by J McCombie which was uploaded on January 30th, 2013.
Sunflower named The Joker #5
This piece has been featured in the FAA Group Macro Photography Group.... more
by J McCombie
Title
Sunflower named The Joker #5
Artist
J McCombie
Medium
Photograph
Description
This piece has been featured in the FAA Group "Macro Photography Group".
Joker was named after the Harlequin Joker clowns of the late 1800s in Italian Theatre tradition. The Joker was almost always dressed in a costume with one side one color, and the other a contrasting shade with a repeating pattern. And that exactly describes our Joker sunflower � contrasting colors in a repeating pattern. A unique semi-double petal orange and red bicolor flower on branching plants. Plants are vigorous and have a long flowering period. You often will find varying degrees of double petal flowers on the same plant! It is great by itself or mixed with another of our sunflowers.
This wild card is a huge red and yellow bicolor sporting petals in 2 concentric rings. The outer petals are long and thin, bright yellow from the tip to close to the base, where they abruptly turn deep red. The inner layer has a crested appearance, with very short, thin, tightly-packed, tufted petals that point straight up (instead of out) from the plant! This creates a fascinating double starburst pattern, enhanced by the glowing, fuzzy black center. These giant 6- to 8-inch blooms are semi- to fully double, arising on vigorous, well-branched 6- to 7-foot plants. And they're pollen-free, making them even better as cut flowers!
The plants are a good size for the back of the border, as well as next to outbuildings. They are well-branched and develop new blooms over a long season. Great as a temporary screen, too!
Sunflowers are the kings of the natural sunny summer garden, attracting butterflies and birds. They're wonderfully easy to grow--just direct-sow the large seeds after all danger of frost. Not picky about soil type, they need direct sun. Thin the plants to 2 to 4 feet apart so that they can show off their foliage a bit as they grow.
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January 30th, 2013
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