Sunny yellow sunflowers are commonly grown as ornamentals and cut flowers, and their nectar-filled blooms attract pollinators, too. Bonus: after their flowers fade, sunflowers continue to reward ...

Pick sunflower seeds when heads droop, turn yellow-brown, and petals fall—usually late summer. Cut heads with stem, dry upside down indoors, then rub seeds out once dry. Roast plain seeds 5–7 mins at ...

Sunflowers are obviously sun-loving plants and they don’t do well in the cold, so you’ll want to start prepping the soil for planting well after the temperature has stayed above 50 degrees during both ...

Harvesting your own sunflower seeds is a rewarding end-of-summer activity. Sunflowers are annuals, completing their life cycle in one season. Annuals have four main developmental phases from seed to ...

Sunflowers have a way of making gardens brighter and happier. They make beautiful and summery cut flowers for vases and bouquets. Sunflowers are also an excellent source of food for the wildlife in ...

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 ...