Visual Appearance: Double petals feature bright yellow tips and mahogany bases, creating a 6–8 inch Harlequin starburst around a dark, fuzzy central disk. Growth Habit: This vigorous 5–7 foot variety branches out to produce multiple flowers per stalk, offering a much longer blooming season than single-stem types. Cultivation: These hardy annuals thrive in full sun and stay resilient against high humidity, while remaining resistant to common verticillium wilt. Garden Use: Their massive height and bold colors make them perfect focal points, temporary privacy screens, or dramatic backdrops for your garden beds. Quality: All Sunflower seeds packaged by Seed Needs are intended for the current and the following growing seasons. All seeds are stored in a temperature controlled facility that is free of significant amounts of moisture. Quantity: Seed Needs offers generous quantities. You can share with friends and family, or you can save the extra seeds until the following season, if properly stored. Packets: Each seed packet displays an artful illustration of the variety to be grown, as well as detailed seed sowing information on the reverse side. They measure 3.5" wide by 5" tall. Promise: Seed Needs will never knowingly supply GMO based seed products. The vast majority of our seeds are open pollinated & heirloom, with the exception of a few hybrids. Germination: Seed Needs packets contain some of the freshest seed available. Direct from the growers. If sown correctly, you will begin seeing results in only a matter of days. Freshness: All seeds are packaged in tear resistant and moisture resistant packaging. This keeps the seeds a whole lot fresher than the competitions selection! Grow “Joker” Sunflowers from fresh Helianthus annus flower seeds. The Joker is a hybrid variety of Sunflower that produces 6 to 7 inch, pollen free flowers. This beautiful Sunflower displays double, bi-colored blooms in shades of red, orange & yellow. Each plant will stand to a mature height of roughly 4 to 8 feet tall. The stems may need support until maturity. Once established, they are very strong and will stand upright with no need for stakes or support. Helianthus annus is grown as an annual flowering plant that grows quickly, blooms profusely through the summer months and later dies with the first killing frost. Sunflowers are among one of the easiest flowers to grow from fresh flower seeds. They are also seen as one of the most popular and sought after varieties when it comes to gardening. Sunflowers will make a great cut flower for floral arrangements & bouquets and are best used directly outdoors as a border plant, along driveways & fences or in fields by the masses. The Joker is just one of the many hybrid varieties we have to offer. For more colorful varieties, check out our other species listed in the Sunflower category. You may consider purchasing our “Double Dance” mixture for a blend of 14 of our most colorful hybrids. We also offer many other bi-colored Sunflowers such as “Cherry Rose” or “Ruby Eclipse”