Sunflowers are easy to grow from seed, and are a boon to cut-flower patches and pollinator gardens alike.

Whether you're hoping to make an eye-catching statement or you want to incorporate more edible crops into your garden, growing sunflowers is a great place to start. If you've never grown sunflowers ...

A retired Waldo County teacher, Patsy Baldus, is the author of the 2024 children’s book Sunny Bear and the Secret of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing sunflowers from seeds can seem intimidating to novice and seasoned gardeners alike. Many ...

Sunflowers may be rooted to the ground, but that doesn’t mean they can’t dance. Each day, young sunflowers trace the path of the sun across the sky, turning their faces 180 degrees from east to west.

Would you believe me if I told you that sunflowers are among the most interesting flowers in my cutting garden right now? Thanks to advancements in breeding, sunflowers are now available in an array ...

Sunflowers are the exuberant darlings of the summer garden, and you can still plant them in August. No garden edible grows at a greater rate than the sunflower. Certain varieties take only two months ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sunflower field against a blue sky - Vlad Ispas/Shutterstock Few flowers capture the essence of summer quite like the sunflower ...

What it is: This series of long-blooming, bush-type sunflowers has emerged as one of the leaders of a new type of hybrid sunflower described variously as “thousand-bloomers,” “the next generation of ...

Some home gardeners are growing giant sunflowers along property lines, and neighbors say they’re creating too much shade, as ...