We can start with a good humored cultivar of Helianthus helianthoides with a cheerful name: ‘Happy Days’ sunflower. This is a popular perennial variety that only reaches 28 inches t… See more

The annual ‘Firecracker’ cultivar is a close relative of the giant sunflowers we all know and admire, but it will never grow to more than 3 feet tall (90 cm). However, unlike ‘Happy Day… See more

I suspect that ‘Low Down’ is indeed the shortest variety of sunflower, and it is a cultivar of of the willow leaved species (Helianthus salicifolius) native to the United States. It i… See more

And we come to a particularly warm cultivar of annual sunflowers (Helinathus annuus) called ‘Little Becka’. Rising to 2 to to 3 feet tall maximum (60 to 90 cm), it makes up for what i lack… See more

Here is another striking variety of annual sunflower for you: ‘Mrs Mars’… I don’t know if the name is due to its unusual appearance… For sure, it is a dwarf cultivar, onl… See more