Texas Sunflowers

A grandchild brought a sunflower home from elementary school year ago and the subsequent generations of that plant come up every spring behind the stockade fence of my parent’s yard in Carrollton TX. The plants have reverted to a very tall wild type.

My mother cuts some stalks periodically and makes a bouget that lasts a few days….bringing the cheer of outdoors into the house.

The plants that are outdoors continue get new buds so the flowers just keep coming throughout the summer.

The flowers turn to face the sun.

The bees load up with nectar and pollen from the flowers that are open. The bees take on the color the flowers once they are laden with pollen!