Why You Should Plant More Sunflowers
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There are many reasons why you should plant more sunflowers. Here are a few that may help you see the beauty, importance, and why we need more sunflowers everywhere.
Bees, Bees, Bees.
Bees are important to keep everything alive. Planting open-pollinated or heirloom sun flowers is a great way to keep bees busy and replenish honey. Additionally keeping a positive energy around your sunflowers will continue to spread that same energy throughout the region.
Bees love pollinating sunflowers and it give us an opportunity to observe the bees watching them work. Not only is it peaceful but everything in this world teaches even bees dancing on a bed of fibonacci.
Flower Variety
There are so many different varieties of sun flowers. Here are a few favorites from Gardenerspath that we have planted in our own garden.
Branching
Autumn Beauty
Helianthus Giganteus L.
Dwarf
Sunspot
Topolino
For Eating
Mongolian Giant
Super Snack
Medium-Tall Variety
ProCut Bicolor
Velvet Queen
Seeds
Sunflower seeds are magic. You can eat any open-pollinated variety of H. Annuus. Some varieties produce a lot of seeds. You can plant more next year or prepare them for a great snack through the winter.
Rewarding
Planting and taking care of a garden of sun flowers is extremely rewarding when you realize how much positivity and peace it can bring. Feel the rewards of growing 12 foot+ sunflowers and collecting the seeds at the end of the season. Save the bees, save the trees, save our knees. Magic is dancing with nature all of the time, connect with it, open your mind and feel what most overlook.
