Product review for Maximillian Sunflower Overall Rating: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers Sort Reviews: Newest | Oldest | Highest Rating | Lowest Rating   :: Viewing page 1 of 4  -  Thursday, September 06, 2007 No flowers Reviewed By: Suzanne (Kimberton, Pennsylvania) Purchased several of these last year. No flowers last year. This year, the plants returned, are very green and tall (probably 8 or 9 ft. high) but no flowers, no way. Disappointed.  -  Thursday, August 13, 2009 stinks DO NOT BUY Reviewed By: Andrew  (slatington, pennsylvania) We have tried everything and the rabbits some how keep eating it. We started with 4 stalks this spring and now only have one. Once the stalks get 3 feet tall they snap. Still have not seen a flower. very disappointed with this product don't purchase. It's not the best flower out there.  -  Wednesday, August 26, 2009 One grew one didn't Reviewed By: Salena (Princeton, TX) I received two of these bareroots and one came up and one didn't, but I tell you the one that did come up grew like a weed. I can't wait for it to bloom!  -  Thursday, September 03, 2009 Maximillian sunflowers Reviewed By: Keith (Willow Grove, PA) I bought maximillian sunflowers a few years ago as a bareroot. Each year thay have grown to almost 10-12 feet high and then they fall over due to the weight of the stem and base.They are very hardy and require very little water once started. They are drought resistant. They spread very rapidly and have strong root systems. I only had 3 when I bought them and have over a 100 now. They bloom for a long time into October. The stems get very hard and you need a strong and sharp branch cutter to cut them down or a chainsaw after the blooming season. Because the maximillian flowers I got are falling all over the place and spreading so rapidly to places I don't want them, I will be looking to remove the sunflowers I have from the ground and find another low growing perennial for this area.  -  Saturday, September 19, 2009 Xtra care is needed... Reviewed By: C Vannoy (Denison, Texas) These monsters have to be staked like a small tree in order to keep them upright. Ours came up just fine and grew enormously tall, but we discovered that FULL SUN is needed to make blooms like those pictured. Ours did bloom in mixed sun/shade, but all are on long, weedy stems extending from the main trunk. Pretty, just a little odd. We will move it to a sunnier location for next year.