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 ...

There is nothing as cheery and uplifting as a blooming sunflower. Their bright petals and huge seedheads are iconic, and certain varieties of sunflowers grow pretty tall. If you are aiming to beat the ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — When Ukrainian immigrant Alex Babich stands in his Indiana backyard craning his neck to look 35 feet (11 meters) into the sky, he isn’t just staring at a sunflower. He is looking at ...

After prayers and a little luck, the world's tallest sunflower on record now stands nearly the height of a residential telephone pole. A "monster bloom" grown in the backyard of an Indiana family beat ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA/Gray News) - An Indiana man has set a new world record for the tallest sunflower. Alex Babich immigrated to Fort Wayne from Ukraine in 1991. He says when he began gardening, he ...