Lesley Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Lauren with her 'almost 8 foot' sunflower! In the local paper there was a photo of the winner in a Tallest Sunflower competition and the sunflower was only seven and a half feet - I never thought of entering Anyone else have photos to add? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Oh that is a big one, my sunflowers reached the 8 foot mark as well but they have died and been taken down sorry no pics........I am drying the heads and seeds for the chooks to eat but they only like the hearts and if they think I am going to stand there for 3 hours shelling them...... well oh go on then........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I LOVE sunflowers! One of our neighbours has a few in her front garden and it really cheers me up when I drive past! I have never grown them - not even as a child (was I terribly deprived?!) are they easy to grow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Very easy Mel. What a terribly deprived childhood We'll have a competition next year Nicola - i'm going to save the seed but it's not all for the chickens - we love sunflowers seeds. Ours were a bit late though so I may be in a race against the weather now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 What a gorgeous sunflower Lesley I love them too, and grow them every year, they're so bright and cheerful somehow. Mine grew quite well I thought, but nowhere nearly as tall as yours, my best effort was probably about 6ins taller than hubby (and he's 6'3" ish), so not all that impressive really. Now they're dying off I'm going to leave them to dry out for the chickens, but I don't fancy the idea of shelling all thise hearts . Pity we no longer have hamsters, they were always happy to do their own shelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 I should have taken a photo of my son with the sunflowers. He's also 6'3" and really showed the height of the flowers. Lauren and Jake dragged him out there the other day so that they could measure their sunflowers against him - he was delighted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 What a great flower and Lauren of course . Fab photo Lesley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
