The Mexican Sunflower Torch, 'Tithonia rotundifolia', is unabashedly brilliant orange and as hot and fiery as the August sunshine. The Torch is a genuine heat lover and sets the dog days of summer ablaze with sizzling orange daisies .The fiery orange daisy flowers have golden centers and are 3 inches wide. They flower strongest in hot weather, starting in mid summer and go strong until first frost.
Mexican Sunflowers prefer full sun and they will grow in almost any soil that is well drained. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. The Torch Mexican Sunflower make excellent cut flowers and are great summer and fall screens or borders.