WAHPETON, N.D. -- After initial rejection and tough economic times, a North Dakota entrepreneur is realizing a major league dream. Just 16 years after two large corporations rejected his idea for ...

Gardening may be described as an activity that invokes serenity, but for breeders, it often signifies a purpose or a challenge. If you're neck-deep into the gardening world, you might have heard of a ...

The way cars slow down in front of her house, you’d think Mary Craig had overdone it on garden gnomes or painted her shutters hot pink. “I love your sunflower,” yells a woman from her station wagon as ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Most of the sunflowers in John Abbott’s Harrisburg backyard are about 8 feet tall…except for one. Abbott got the sunflower seeds from a neighbor and planted them in May. One ...

Many of us forget to deadhead our sunflowers to squeeze the last of the blooms from them, thinking somehow that they are programmed to create their great spinning plates of flower and that is it. But ...

LONG BRANCH – During Monday's solar eclipse, while many people were staring up at the sun, the O'Donnell's very tall sunflower plant came to life, slowly opening its eye — but not to look at the sun. ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Sure, they may look imposing, towering down at you over the other plants, but sunflowers are among the ...