This sun-tracking behavior , known as heliotropism , is most evident in young sunflower buds and usually diminishes as the flower matures, with mature sunflowers generally facing east.

Sunflowers may be rooted to the ground, but that doesn’t mean they can’t dance. Each day, young sunflowers trace the path of the sun across the sky, turning their faces 180 degrees from east ...

The Mystery Of Why Sunflowers Turn To Follow The Sun — Solved : ... At night, the higher growth rate on the west side culminates in the apex facing east at dawn." ...

A patch of sunflowers, known for turning their flowers throughout the day to follow the sun in the sky, were facing away from the sun. Snopes found several other videos documenting the same ...

And why should sunflowers face the sun, anyway? And so, despite their size, Harmer, who is now a professor at UC Davis, ... That seems to be because east-facing flowers are warmer: ...

Plant a field of sunflowers, and watch them grow. All summer you will see something amazing. In the morning, all the sunflowers will face east, the direction of the rising sun. As the sun moves ...

Sunflowers start the day facing the sun in the east. Over the course of daylight, they turn to face the sun. At night, they turn back to the east, starting anew.

When the sun sets, sunflower plants do something curious: They spend all night growing back towards the east, in anticipation of the sun’s return the next morning. Scientists think the first rays of ...

"Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there." - J.R. Rim "Despite knowing they won't be here for long, they still choose to live their brightest ...

A patch of sunflowers, known for turning their flowers throughout the day to follow the sun in the sky, were facing away from ...