The Mexican Sunflower can actually complete two generations in one summer. If planted in March or April, the plants will go to seed in June and will produce a second generation before first frost.

Mexican Sunflower – Tithonia rotundifolia ... It grows about 6 inches tall and has fuzzy, almost silvery leaves. It does best in full sun but will tolerate partial shade as long as the soil ...

The orange Mexican sunflower gets around 6 feet at the most ... the giant sunflower will quickly regain it size and be covered with large leaves. Give it plenty of sun, fertilizer and water ...

Known botanically as Tithonia rotundifolia, Mexican sunflower is hands down the most ... question marks and skippers on our tithonia plants. And that’s just the butterflies!

Keri Wilsonis a horticulturist who writes about plants and plant issues for Garden Media Group. The post Grow Mexican ...