I've written before that I love flowers, and it's true. I intentionally and specifically fill my yard and flower beds with plants that I only have to plant once and they come back faithfully every year. One exception to this, for me, is sunflowers. I plant them by seed every year without fail and anxiously await them all summer. Nothing screams "sweet summertime" to me quite like sunflowers.
I buy variety packs of sunflower seeds every spring because I love having an assortment of different size and color blooms. I plant them in rows with the rest of our garden crops. Then I water and wait. I always plant sunflowers in the garden, even though I've never harvested the seeds before (but now I'm thinking I'll add that to the summer line-up).
Sunflowers are great additions to your garden for a couple different reasons. The first one being the big, beautiful, showy flowers. The second reason is that sunflowers help pull toxins out of soil, giving you a healthier base for the rest of your garden veggies. And third, sunflowers attract beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies. They also attract birds that like to munch on harmful pests that hang around your garden.
I’ve taken my share of biology classes. I know the ins and outs of the science behind a plant growing from a tiny seed into a flower taller than me, but it never ceases to blow my mind. I stand in amazement every year at these humongous flowers and feel so small in comparison. Don't miss an opportunity to stand next to a seven foot tall flower; it may help you put some things into perspective.
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