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Sawtooth Sunflower

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Key Details

Bloom Time: August to October

Sun Exposure: Full to Partial

Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry

Height: 8'

Plant Spacing: 3'

Cold Stratification: 30 Days

How to Grow

| Growit BuilditQuite possibly the prettiest of perennial sunflowers, it grows 4-8' tall in full sun. I've been growing it for about 5 years, and have grown to love it!

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Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)Chlosyne gorgone, the gorgone checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlosyne_gorgone, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Matthew Drollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matthew Drollinger)

Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)Chlosyne nycteis, the silvery checkerspot, is a species of Nymphalinae butterfly that occurs in North America. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Chlosyne nycteis', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlosyne_nycteis, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND))

Two-spotted Dichomeris Moth (Dichomeris leuconotella)Dichomeris leuconotella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Maryland, southern Canada, Washington, Colorado, Iowa and Indiana. The habitat consists of open fields. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Dichomeris leuconotella', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichomeris_leuconotella, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) edporopat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by edporopat)

Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeellaCremastobombycia ambrosiaeella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec in Canada and Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, Maine and New York in the United States. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremastobombycia_ambrosiaeella, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Royal Tyler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Royal Tyler)

Cremastobombycia ignotaCremastobombycia ignota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Texas, Kentucky, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Washington and Ohio in the United States. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Cremastobombycia ignota', https://wikipedia.org/wiki/cremastobombycia ignota, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Royal Tyler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Royal Tyler)

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