I’m sure most people assume that they are called sunflowers because the blooms look very much like a big yellow sun. It is my intention to demonstrate in this post, that they are called sunflowers for a very different reason. I’m going to show you guys some photos of sunflowers I planted this year. They all came from the same pack of seeds and were planted at the same time.
Exibit A:
This guy was planted under my big tree in the front yard, and gets much more shade than sun.
Exibit B:
This guy was planted on the side of my house, and this time of year gets full sun from about 9 until about 3-4. For the rest of the day it gets diffused light through the crepe myrtle. It made it up to around 7-8 feet before it stopped growing!
Exibt C- This one has gone crazy. This plant gets full sun from about noon until sunset. It is currently above my roof line, and the flower head has not even appeared yet. It may have several more feet to go before it blooms.
If you want to see how aggressively it is growing, here is a pic of it just 2 weeks ago clicky
So, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I hope that I have made my case a convincnig one, and demonstrated that a sunflower gets it’s name because of how they react to the sun!
Everyday I have come home for the last month, I have seen this same bug sitting on this leaf looking at me. Kinda strange… kinda cool
I like domesticated Zach! Lookin good…I’ll have to stop by and see for myself soon since I live so close now!