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 ...

Wild native sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are unrivaled in beauty when they bloom in late summer and fall, and they are easy to grow in the home garden or landscape. Sow seeds directly into the soil ...

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 ...

Reader Steve Ledoux wrote to tell me about some ‘Mammoth’ sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seeds he planted in his mother-in-law’s yard in Northridge. Only one seed developed into a full-fledged plant ...

What is your favorite flower? One common answer is the sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Although they are popular for commercial bouquets, some might not realize how easy they are to grow from seed.

For the first time, an active fatty-acid metabolism is indicated for triacylglycerols (TAG) of developing sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seeds. When the developing seeds were transferred to low ...

Bright and cheerful, Sunflowers are pretty easy to grow from seeds, and the yield is pretty good - there aren’t many other plants that can grow as high as 3cm in your back garden. The tallest ...

1 We explored the role of the seed bank in population dynamics of the summer annual Helianthus annuus. First, we determined seed survival under field conditions. Secondly, we conducted an experiment ...