{"id":224,"date":"2010-09-03T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/09\/03\/sunshine-daydream-helianthus-for-mid-summer-bloom\/"},"modified":"2010-09-03T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","slug":"sunshine-daydream-helianthus-for-mid-summer-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/09\/03\/sunshine-daydream-helianthus-for-mid-summer-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sunshine Daydream&#8217; Helianthus for Mid-Summer Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/TIECly6CoKI\/AAAAAAAAAUI\/zGcj8iquaYE\/s1600\/Heianthusl_mult_SunshineDaydream.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512690267221827746\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_ZzNIw3ADWQo\/TIECly6CoKI\/AAAAAAAAAUI\/zGcj8iquaYE\/s320\/Heianthusl_mult_SunshineDaydream.jpg\" \/><\/a>Sunshine Daydream (Helianthus x multiflorus \u2018Sunshine Daydream\u2019) has been blooming non-stop in my Northeast Tennessee garden for the past two months.<\/p>\n<p>This double-flowering yellow false sunflower is a new introduction from North Creek Nurseries, a wholesale nursery in Landenberg, PA. Sunshine Daydream is a branch sport (mutation) of native cultivar \u2018Capenoch Star\u2019. It is a mid-summer flowering perennial.<\/p>\n<p>Sturdy 5 &#8211; 6 feet tall by 2 &#8211; 4 feet wide plants support bouquets of bright yellow double flowers. The dahlia-like blooms measure 2.5 inches across. The spent flowers are seedless and do not threaten to become a weedy problem in years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Daydream performs best in full sun, preferably in moist well-drained soil. Keep plants in full vigor with monthly applications of a water-soluble fertilizer such as Miracle -Gro\u2122 or equivalent or feed bi-monthly with 10-10-10 or equivalent.<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine Daydream stands up to summer&#8217;s heat and humidity. Established 1- year old plants are moderately drought tolerant. This long-lived perennial is hardy in USDA zones 4 thru 8. The summer foliage of Sunshine Daydream is remarkably resistant to powdery mildew, a fungal disease which plagues some helianthus species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Daydream (Helianthus x multiflorus \u2018Sunshine Daydream\u2019) has been blooming non-stop in my Northeast Tennessee garden for the past two months. This double-flowering yellow false sunflower is a new introduction from North Creek Nurseries, a wholesale nursery in Landenberg, PA. Sunshine Daydream is a branch sport (mutation) of native cultivar \u2018Capenoch Star\u2019. It is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1991,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/1991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}