Showy Sunflower Live Plant | Helianthus laetiflorus | Native Pollinator Perennial Starter Plant

Bring vibrant late-season color to your landscape with Showy Sunflower, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its brilliant golden-yellow blooms, tall upright stems, and exceptional value for pollinators and wildlife. Helianthus laetiflorus, commonly known as Showy Sunflower, is a hardy North American native perennial admired for its abundant flowers, vigorous growth, and long blooming season. It is an outstanding choice for pollinator gardens, prairie plantings, native landscapes, wildflower meadows, cottage gardens, and naturalized areas. With proper care, it produces abundant blooms from late summer through fall.

Showy Sunflower thrives in full sun and prefers well-draining soil. Once established, it is drought tolerant and forms attractive colonies through underground rhizomes, creating a spectacular display of cheerful blooms year after year. The nectar-rich flowers attract native bees, butterflies, monarchs, and other beneficial pollinators, while the mature seed heads provide a valuable food source for songbirds throughout fall and winter.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Showy Sunflower starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Showy Sunflower Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Brilliant golden-yellow daisy-like flowers
• Blooms from late summer through fall
• Excellent native pollinator plant
• Attracts monarchs, butterflies, bees, and beneficial insects
• Seed heads provide food for birds
• Forms attractive colonies over time
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Long-lived, low-maintenance perennial
• Ideal for prairie gardens, native landscapes, and wildflower meadows
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Helianthus laetiflorus
• Common Name: Showy Sunflower
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun
• Growing Media: Well-draining average, sandy, or loamy soil
• Water: Water regularly during establishment, then water occasionally once established
• Humidity: Adaptable
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 3–8
• Mature Size: Approximately 4–6 feet tall and 2–4 feet wide, spreading gradually by rhizomes

🌼 Perfect For

• Pollinator Gardens
• Native Plant Gardens
• Prairie Gardens
• Wildflower Meadows
• Cottage Gardens
• Wildlife Gardens
• Naturalized Landscapes
• Gifts for Gardeners