Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow . If I were trying to educate my children by growing sunflowers, I guess I’d plant the pollenless varieties which have a longer vase life and don’t drop yellow pollen on your white table cloth. And until now I ‘ve just picked up seeds based on how pretty the flowers look on the package. But after Danielle Roberts at Sol Flower Farm in Anderson told me that she grows a pollen-producing variety because of its importance