Headed to Raleigh's sunflower field at Dix Park? Peak bloom, the city tells me, is expected Saturday, which also happens to be the day of SunFest, a free event to celebrate summer and the sunflowers.

Sunflowers are growing on an 8-acre tract at Heritage Park, operated by the Johnson County Park & Recreation District. It’s the first such planting undertaken in a county park, and the public response ...

For such a cheery-looking, smile-invoking plant, the sunflower is a rather complex, even confusing slice of nature. For starters, it’s not really a flower but instead many thousands of flowers in one ...

A few months back, florists preferred keeping just a few sunflowers which has now changed post the demand. Santosh, a flower seller, says, “Almost a year back, hardly anyone cared about the existence ...

Sunny, strong and simple to grow: No wonder 2021 is the year of the sunflower. These cheerful plants brighten Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings. They make the best all-around seed for small birds (and ...

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. – Alvis Farms hosted their first-ever Sunflower Festival Saturday featuring 50 acres of sunflowers. In addition, visitors can tour a hand-cut maze, take as many lovely photos as ...

The annual sunflower (Helianthus annus) has a long history in North America, with evidence of its cultivation for food, ceremonial and medical use by Native Americans dating back to at least 1,000 B.C ...

Tall sunflowers make handy natural supports for climbing vegetables and flowers, and their pollen-rich blooms entice insects to pollinate crops. However, sunflowers don’t play nicely with all edible ...

Just north of Route 48 on Wickham Avenue i n Mattituck, an eye-catching crop of bright yellow and brown sunflowers stretches across about 25 acres of farmland, attracting more than just bees.