Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Journals (220)
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Planted to give the bees something of interest :) … Oh, and my Daughter asked me to.This entry is about Agronaught's Sun Flower - something for the bees in the Backyard garden.
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Sprouting: We have Germination!
Considering the struggle I’ve had getting seeds to germinate, these are a great relief! They’re all poking their little feelers out, quicker than expected! Unfortunately, I can’t find the rest of the seeds after the little accident with Alec and the beans…This entry is about Mezfank's Sunflowers Yellow Pollenless in the Melon Patch garden.
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Budding: Small Bud
One of the sunflower plants appears to be budding. It is the shortest one with the smallest leaves, surprisingly. The other plants also look like they may be budding as they look a bit swollen in the center with strange things poking out that don’t look like leaves. But I can’t be ...
This entry is about Rockabella9's Sunflower "Bronze Shades" in the Perth Makeshift garden.
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Dying: this thing got tall.
This one got at least ten feet tall, compared to last year’s rather short, six foot one. He’s died off now, and has a praying mantis egg case on a leaf. The praying mantis loved this guy, and didn’t move anywhere else.
This entry is about Bessicajach's Sunflower - 'Mammoth' in the Backyard garden.
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Got half-way through sowing these around the corn when the youngest (nearly 2yo) emptied out both bulk containers of beans on the grass. Didn’t get finished, and only managed to pick up barely half the beans! It’s now raining. We’ll have magic beanstalks aplenty in a few weeks!.
This entry is about Mezfank's Sunflowers Yellow Pollenless in the Melon Patch garden.
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Sprouting: No 2 sunflower
This entry is about Missywombat's Sunflower, Giant Russian in the Wet Season Back Fence garden.
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Sprouting: Little and green
First shoot is showing!This entry is about Missywombat's Sunflower, Giant Russian in the Wet Season Back Fence garden.
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Sprouting: Little and green
First shoot is showing!This entry is about Missywombat's Sunflower, Giant Russian in the Wet Season Back Fence garden.
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Sprouting: Little and green
First shoot is showing!This entry is about Missywombat's Sunflower, Giant Russian in the Wet Season Back Fence garden.
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Sown: Inspired by Bob the Builder...
…and Sunflower Valley, Patrick and I planted some sunflower seeds by the back fence.This entry is about Missywombat's Sunflower, Giant Russian in the Wet Season Back Fence garden.
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