A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...

Besides the ornamentals listed above, other thirsty ornamentals you can sustain with graywater include sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), cattails (Typhus spp.), water lilies (in a basin), ferns ...

Several annual and perennial flowers, easily grown from seed, attract what many gardeners call beneficial insects: bugs that act as predators to repel other insect pests that attack our crops and ...

Sunflower seeds benefits include better blood sugar control, reducing muscle cramps, cancer prevention, and boosting thyroid health. Sunflower seeds contain antioxidants and many vitamins and minerals ...

Helianthos is the Greek word for sunflower and Costa is visiting a farm at the foot of the Blue Mountains in NSW that specialises in these sunny, bright plants. Marika and John Saliba have ...

Vincent van Gogh painted his most famous sequence of Sunflowers while he lived in Arles, France, a prolific period in his artistic life. Van Gogh had a strong emotional connection to the sunflower ...

Eczema and Malassezia often coexist. Make a hair oil by mixing ACV with sunflower oil. Studies show that sunflower oil helps restore the skin’s protective barrier and improve moisture retention.

Our 2021 article focused on Maximillan Sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani, and the rich indigenous history sunflowers have through producing food, dye and fiber. Beside the seeds and oil ...

There’s something undeniably happy about sunflowers in a vase. Maybe it’s their cheerful yellow hue or how they unapologetically reach for the light. Whatever the reason, sunflowers are a mood-lifter ...

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We offer an especially large array of short to tall sunflowers and magnificent zinnias. Also take a look at our California native plants for additional ornamental plants that are naturally adapted to ...