No flower says summer quite like the sunflower. 🌻
Sunf!owers are cheery flowers. They are flowers that display the joyful and bright nature of the summer season.
Sunflowers are like sunshine, they brighten up the garden and create a happy atmosphere, they are a must-have flower for the garden.
Sunflowers are one of my favourite flowers, I think they brighten up the garden and are a great addition for the garden in summer.
Let's take a look at top 5 cool facts about sunflowers!
Number Five
There are almost 70 different species of sunflowers.
One of those species of sunflowers is the 'common sunflower.'
Number Four
Sunflowers include some of the worlds tallest flowers.
Several species of sunflowers grow over 10ft tall, making these flowers giants and giving them a powerful presence.
Number Three
Sunflowers are part of the daisy family.
It's surprising at first to learn that sunflowers are part of the daisy family, due to their different colour from daisies and them being much taller than daisies, but, you can see the similarities in the sunflower and daisies.
There are interesting differences though - common daisies are native to Europe, while sunflowers are native to North and central America.
Number Two
Sunflowers also belong to the same family as other surprising flowers, these include both dandelions and thistles.
This means that sunflowers, thistles, dandelions and daisies are all part of the same family, which is really cool!
Number One
When we think of sunflowers, we think of the yellow sunflowers.
But, the coolest thing about sunflowers is that they come in many different colours, and not just yellow.
There are different colours of sunflowers, including - red, orange, and cream coloured sunflowers. It gives us different types of sunflowers that we can plant in our garden and gives us a colourful collection of sunflowers to choose from.
Sunflowers are also cool plants that help pollinators like bees, and they provide seeds which will help birds, as birds eat sunflower seeds.
Therefore, not only are sunflowers beautiful, they are also helpful to wildlife like birds and bees, which makes them a great addition to the garden.