Trader Joe’s Rants & Raves (mostly raves, a few rants)

Trader Joe’s is selling these potted sunflower plants for $4.99 each (Summer ’24)

I think these are so cool looking, don’t you?

They will really brighten up a room.

After I saw them at the entrance to my Trader Joe’s, I just could not resist.

I picked up one and then actually went and got another to give to my neighbor. She thought this might be a special mini variety that will stay fairly small. I’ve seen sunflower plants grow to be 6 feet tall or more. But this size is perfect for any room or entrance way. We will see if it grows into a monster but if it stays in fairly small pots will probably stay fairly small.

The nice thing about this living plant over the cut sunflowers I’ve also seen at Trader Joe’s is as this should stay around for longer than the cut sunflowers, which I think probably look best for about four or five days.

There are a number of buds below the flower that may flower themselves in time. I will probably re-pot this in a week or two as its very root bound.

I may update this with another picture in future as more buds open up and if it gets more flowers. Here are some tips on growing i found…

https://mygardyn.com/grow-sunflowers/

UPDATE: The plant looked healthy and for a few weeks but after about a month it doesn’t look great anymore. Oh well! I confess I didn’t replant it, which might have helped it last longer.