SUNFLOWER

World Record - Tallest

Giant Gardening - Hans-Peter Schiffer Sunflower Tall
Hans-Peter Schiffer's 2009 Record Holder		   HEIGHT: 30' 1" (9.17m)
GROWER: Hans-Peter Schiffer
LOCATION: Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
YEAR: 2016
Giant Gardening - Hans-Peter Schiffer Sunflower Tall
Hans-Peter Schiffer's 2012 World Record
Images courtesy of Hans-Peter Schiffer

Giant Gardening - Sunflower
Marvin Mitchell's 2017 US Record
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Image courtesy of Marvin Mitchell

Giant Gardening - Sunflower Giant - Gardening - Sunflower
Images courtesy of Marvin Mitchell
Giant Gardening - Sunflower
Image courtesy of Alan Holman		   2024 US Record Sunflower - Steven DeRycke
Steven DeRycke'ss 2024 US Record
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Giant Gardening - Sunflower
Photo of Steve DeRycke's 2016, 23'1" sunflower.
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Giant Gardening - Sunflower
Photo of Steve DeRycke's 2014, 21'3" sunflower.

Giant Gardening - Sunflower
Photo of Arif Kahn's 2016 sunflower.

Honorable Mentions:

28' 8.5" (8.75m) - Hans-Peter Schiffer - Germany - 2013
28' 2.5" (8.6 m) - John Butler - St. Thomas, On, Canada - 2024 - Canada & North America Record
27' 8.5" (8.45 m) - John Butler - St. Thomas, On, Canada - 2022
27' (8.23m) - Hans-Peter Schiffer - Germany - 2012
26'5" (8.05 m) - Steven DeRycke - New York, US - 2024 - (US Record)
26' 4" (8.03m) - Hans-Peter Schiffer - Germany - 2009
26' 3" (8.0 m) - John Butler - St. Thomas, On, Canada - 2023
26' 1" (7.95 m) - Alex Babich - Indiana, US - 2023
26' (8 m) - Richard Hope - UK - 2012
25' 5.5" (7.76 m) - Martin Heijms - Netherlands - 1986
25' 2" (7.67 m) - Alex Babich - Indiana, US - 2022
24' 9" (7.54m) - Marvin Mitchell - Michigan - 2017
24' 8" (7.52 m) - Scott Fenske - Byon - 1996
23' 10.5" (7.28m) - Martien Heijms - Netherlands - 1984
23' 9" (7.24m) - Martien Heijms - Netherlanda - 1984
23' 9" (7.24m) - Norm Craven - Ontario Canada - 1998
23' 6.5" (7.18m) - F. JKelland - Exeter Devon - 1976
23' 1" (7.04m) - Steven DeRycke - New York - 2016
23' 1" (7.04m) - Marvin Mitchell- Michigan - 2016
23' (7.01m) - Fred Meurmann - Chetek, Wisconsin, USA - 1996
22' 6" (6.86m) - James White - 1996
22' 6" (6.86 m) - Steven DeRycke - New York - 1998
22' 2.5" (6.77m) - Marvin Mitchell - Fenton, Michigan, USA - 2011
21' 9 1/2" (6.64 m) - Fred Hain - Ontario, Canada - 2008
21' 9" (6.62m) - Norm Craven - Ontario, Canada - 2008
21' 8.5" (6.62m) - Johnson/Butler - Ontario, Canada - 2011
21' 8" (6.60 m) - Horn - Germany - 2008
21' 8" (6.60 m) - Arif Kahn - London, UK - 2016
21' 5 1/4" (6.53 m) - Norm Craven - Ontario, Canada - 1999
21' 3" (6.47 m) - Steven DeRycke - New York - 2014
21' 2 1/2" (6.46 m) - Dorothy Hain - Ontario, Canada - 2009
21' 1" (6.43 m) - Johnson/Butler - Ontario, Canada - 2009
20' 10" (6.35 m) - Fred Hain - Ontario, Canada - 2007
19' 7" (5.97 m) - Arif Kahn - London, UK - 2015

World Record - Largest Head

Giant Gardening - Sunflower Head
Giant Gardening Photo		   WIDTH: 32.25" (81.92 cm)
GROWER: Emily Martin
LOCATION: Canada
YEAR: 1983
   


Honorable Mentions:


27.6" (70cm) - Martin Rudorfer - Germany - 2011
27" (68.6 cm) - Lee Zappa - Sharpsville, PA, USA - 2012
26.2" Diameter (66.5 cm)- 67 " circumference - Jamie Courtney Fortey - United Kingdom - 2011
25.5" Diameter (64.8 cm)- Sammy White Eagle - Arvada, Colorado, US - 2016
25.25" Diameter (64.1 cm) - Steven DeRycke - Honeoye Falls, NY - 1994

Sunflower - Lee Zappa
Lee Zappa's 2012 Sunflower Head
Sunflower - White Eagle
Sammy White Eagle's 2016 Sunflower Head

 


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