Giant Sunflower Variety

Ripley's Believe It or Not - Giant Sunflower Height: 14 ft. or more Head Type: Single-headed Head Diameter: NA Days to Maturity: 95-120 days Description:  Special giant grey striped variety that easily grows 14 ft. or more. Where can I find this variety?

UPDATE: As of spring 2005, this variety has been discontinued.

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Personal Experience: year: 2004   This is the first year I tried Ripley's Giant Single.  Most of my plants ended up about 12+ feet tall.  I was unable to get any of my plants to get 14 feet or more as indicated on the package.  A few prematurely flowered, and didn't even reach 8 feet, but they weren't the only variety that had that problem.  Plants had very large leaves and stems.  Overall, the plants were pretty impressive.  I plan on trying them again next year.

Package cover isof the 1976 world record 23 ft. 6 ½ in.  tall sunflower grown by Frank Killand  of Exeter, England  in 1976.

On my  left is a 12 foot Ripley's Believe It or Not - Giant Sunflower.   on my right is a 14 foot Bott's Strain sunflower.   Picture taken on 7/30/04 in New Jersey.