Mexican sunflower

Fast-growing Mexican sunflower attracts beneficial insects to your garden and blooms nonstop the entire growing season.

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Attract butterflies and add vibrant color to your garden with Mexican sunflowers. Learn how to grow these beautiful, heat-tolerant plants.

Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifolia Every spring I patiently wait for nurseries to sell 4-inch starts of tithonia. Or, if I’m lucky, my mom grows them from seed and I wait for her to bring over her little plant children. Either way, every year outside my bedroom, I plant two of these fast-growing annuals in large […]

Mexican sunflower growing instruction & requirement Mexican sunflower info: climate, zone, growth speed, water, light, planting season & colors

Did you know that this vibrant yellow flower is actually called a Mexican Sunflower? 🇲🇽🌼 It's a resilient plant that can thrive in various conditions. Tithonia diversifolia, commonly known as "kipait" or "bunga bulan" in Indonesian, is a species of plant resembling a sunflower with bright yellow petals and an orange center. Also called the "Mexican sunflower" due to its origin in Mexico, this plant has spread to tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Asia, and Africa.

The Mexican sunflower or Tithonia is a treat nectar flower for monarch butterflies. This plant is also attracts lots of other pollinators. [LEARN MORE]

If anyone ever asks me what flower draws the most butterflies to my garden, I don’t hesitate to say- Mexican Sunflower. Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Torch’, attracts beneficial insects…