Before this thing bloomed, I was wondering whether Mrs. Paco had bought sunflower seeds or magic beans. It's a mammoth sunflower, and this one's nine feet tall.
This is a bed of black-eyed susans. The bright yellow flowers have helped put me into a cheery mood (much better than the saturnine disposition of yesterday, after our highway difficulties).
Dark seeds are oil. Stripey's for eating.
ReplyDeleteI also try to have a few sunflowers every year, and have black-eyed susans everywhere (mainly because I don't have to replant them every year). Ever grow the purple ones? Or the white Shasta daisies?
ReplyDeleteThey cheer me up.
Rebecca: We just planted some of the shasta daisies for the first time this year; great looking little flowers! I haven't seen the purple "susans" but they sound nice; I'll have to look for some next year.
ReplyDeleteMojo: The mailman spotted the sunflower and asked if he could have the bloom with all the seeds when it fades.