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  -  Friday, September 25, 2009 Gorgeous Reviewed By: Salena (Princeton, TX) Oh wow, once this bloomed, WOW. I highly recommend this. IT did need some staking, but the blooms are just amazing on these! These are so much better than the huge single blooms IMHO.  -  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.  -  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.  -  Monday, August 31, 2009 Worked for me Reviewed By: Paul (Clifton Park, NY) The first year they didn't grow that big and I was a little disappointed BUT once they are established they will grow and spread from the many seeds dropped in the fall. I found that growing them in a group then wrapping the entire cluster with some plastic fencing once they get 3-4 feet tall helps keep them vertical. They will have to be staked and/or wrapped with something to achieve the 10' heights otherwise storms will eventually topple them over. I've found that water is key. I put them in an area that full sun and wet nearly all summer and so far this year they are 9'-10' tall. Additionally, I added some inexpensive Wal-Mart rose food on them and that seems to help them grow tall also.  -  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!