Sunflower Heads Follow the Sun and Produce Seed for People and Wildlife (photo credit Chuck Eirschele)
Sunflower plants are worth growing for a variety of reasons: attracts pollinators, as in a butterfly garden, is a tall strong plant, provides food for people and wildlife and has a beautiful yet simple flower-head.
Tall Sunflower Plan [...]
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Sunflowers are the Bones of Many Gard...
Sunflower Heads Follow the Sun and Produce Seed for People and Wildlife (photo credit Chuck Eirschele)
Sunflower plants are worth growing for a variety of reasons: attracts pollinators, as in a butterfly garden, is a tall strong plant, provides food for people and wildlife and has a beautiful yet simple flower-head.
Tall Sunflower Plan [...]
Trying Out New Annual Plants
Calibrachoa Superbells Lemon Slice for Gardeners in 2013 Photo Credit – Chris Eirschele
Each year, I grow new plants sent to me from Proven Winners to try out in my garden. The free plants are a perk to being a garden writer, but more importantly it is a chance to see how new plants, especially annuals, will perform in a gardene [...]
