Jan 28, 2017 · Sunflowers are easy to grow and seeds are quite inexpensive for gardeners on a budget. Even small children and the disabled can be successful sunflower gardeners. (a sunflower was the very first plant I ever grew from seed before I ever started school) They make a great garden plant for both school kids and nursing homes.

Sep 1, 2008 · One stately stem topped with a huge daisy-like yellow flower with a big, seed bearing center is a familiar image. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center calls these sunflowers one of America's most common wildflowers. Sunflowers have the unique ability to turn their flowers and keep them facing somewhat sideways and towards the sun.

Aug 15, 2013 · Sunflowers on the Beach by Marie Harrison August 15, 2013 On a recent trip to Henderson Beach State Park in Destin, Florida, I was struck by the number and variety of plants that grow on sandy dunes bordering the Gulf of Mexico.

Jun 25, 2020 · Gentle and undemanding giants, sunflowers will grow almost anywhere they receive at least 6 hours per day of sunlight and plenty of water. Because the plants and their blooms are so large, I generally plant them at the back of the vegetable garden where they won't shade anything else--and include only perennial sunflowers in my flowerbeds.

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Apr 22, 2008 · The brown coloured sunflowers look a different type to me and the yellow one looks more like the sunflowers that Plantfreak and Marshmellow gave advice on regarding the flowers following the sun, there are hundreds of different flowers called sunflowers, all different sizes and colours too so sometimes it can get a bit confusing when we say ...

These dwarf sunflowers grow from 18 to 24 inches. Mine were closer to 18 ...Read More inches for the most part. Each plant produced about 4 o5 r flowers for me in different colours and most with a halo effect.

May 9, 2010 · I bought my first sunflower plant with three healthy, open flower heads. Everything was fine for a couple of weeks, then the stems started to sprout new buds next to each flower.

Feb 22, 2010 · Beans and sunflowers can be planted 18-24 days after the last frost date. If you contact your county cooperative extension service, or a university in the area with a strong agriculture program, they should be able to provide you with a vegetable planting guide that provides the ranges for planting specific vegetable seeds in your area.

Jul 26, 2016 · I'm growing Mammoth Sunflowers that are supposed to be 9-12' tall, however they started opened up the flowers at 4 feet tall and the flowers are rather small at 4-5" across (they're supposed to be 12" across). Pretty sure I got the right seeds, could the sunflowers be stunted?