This sunflower seems to be the star of dark and gray days. This photo is from a dark day at the end of August. The sun would break through for a moment and make these flowers glow. Today, we didn't have any sun breaks in the misty day, but I could see the blossoms on this plant from the garage window and it called me out to visit.I thought this was an Italian White Sunflower from seeds I ordered this year. See the Italian White from last year's garden here. Now I'm thinking it may be Valentine, also ordered this year. This one has grown to about 7 feet tall, but unlike the other sunflowers, it has these graceful stalks that hold up the 4-6 inch flowers very nicely. More for cut flowers than seeds, I think, but I will check for seed production in the older flower heads next time I'm out there.
5 comments:
Wow, the pumpkin on the below picture looks great! But it was non of my seeds, wasn't it? It looks much better than the ones I have! ;-))) Congratulations!
Best wishes, Anita
I just adore sunflowers all the varieties are so interesting.
I love the Autumn mists and mellow ness.
It is so quiet in the mornings when I let the chickens out and a tad bit eery sometimes as the mist swirls around.
There's that sharp nip in the air too - just to remind us summer is over.
I love the colour of these and what a beautiful photo against the dark skies.
That really is a sunny sunflower. What a day brightener! Such a beautiful fresh color.
And Petunia really is a garter snake. We lived with one in our garage for a few years when our boys were teenagers -- and fed it with live frogs from a nearby pond. Yuck!
Such a lovely photo. Thanks for sharing.
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