Tall sunflowers make handy natural supports for climbing vegetables and flowers, and their pollen-rich blooms entice insects to pollinate crops. However, sunflowers don’t play nicely with all edible ...
Sunflowers are versatile garden plants that pair well with many vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. They are often grown to attract pollinators or for their bright, large blooms. While most plants ...
Is any flower more synonymous with late summer and early fall than the common sunflower? Their giant, sunshiny blooms are enough to make anyone smile. Growing your own picture-perfect sunflowers just ...
Planting a sunflower field for dove season is easier than you think. Joe Genzel If you didn’t grow up on a farm, it may seem like a daunting task to plant your own sunflower field for the September ...
Sunflower is a native plant in the High Plains region and as a result, sunflower insect pests are also native. These insect pests feed and survive on both wild and domestic (cultivated) sunflower ...
Bold, eye-catching sunflowers add a warm dose of color to gardens, borders, and beds—plus, they provide you with a bounty of edible seeds for harvesting and snacking. While gardeners love these happy ...
A German gardener broke his own Guinness World Record by growing a sunflower plant measuring 30 feet and 1 inch high. UPI was there: Hans-Peter Schiffer of Karst first held the record for tallest ...
I recently saw an amazing sight. The blooms looked like sunflowers, but the plant was tree-like. I want one! What you saw was an unusual, but fairly common plant called Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia ...