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Can you identify that flower?? (exact cultivar)

Height: 2.5m Spread: 0.7m Sunny position. One plant has multiple flowers. The pictured two belong to the same plant! (even though they are little different)

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Aleksandar M
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  • Height and spread? foliage? If you want an exact cultivar these are essential to know, otherwise its an educated guess... – Bamboo Sep 06 '18 at 21:27
  • Added something @bamboo – Aleksandar M Sep 06 '18 at 22:10
  • 2.5m? over 8 feet? – Bamboo Sep 06 '18 at 22:16
  • Yes. Very tall. Even my neighbour seems not to like the height. Perhaps it is so tall because this is a group of closely planted plants of the same kind. @bamboo – Aleksandar M Sep 06 '18 at 22:26
  • Well its a Helianthus annuus, and I've found one similar, but unfortunately, its only name on the American link is 'Red Sunflower' which isn't much use... it is tall though, over 6 feet...the other thing is,the colour on these can change over a day or two - they might get darker or lighter, so the best ID is always with a freshly opened flower. There are hundreds of varieties, but fewer really tall ones. – Bamboo Sep 06 '18 at 22:30
  • Is it possible / common in sunflowers to have different flowers, on the same plant? @bamboo – Aleksandar M Sep 06 '18 at 22:34
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    Usually its because one flower is older than another - that's the colour change I'm talking about... plus random variations in each flower in the newer, coloured varieties (as opposed to the basic yellow) aren't that unusual. – Bamboo Sep 06 '18 at 22:35
  • This was probably packaged under some sort of name like Autumn Beauty mix or similar. You'll notice volunteers in subsequent years that get more and more yellow eventually looking like a small yellow typical sunflower. – pspahn Jan 07 '19 at 06:00

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