Wednesday, August 28, 2013

largest sunflower stats

Tallest plant: 
25 ft. 5 ½ in. (7.76m) tall grown by M Heijms in Oirschot, Netherlands in 1986.

Largest head: 
32 ¼ in. (82 cm) diameter grown by Emily Martin in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada in 1983.

Most flowers
837 flowers on a single plant grown by Melvin Hemker in Saint Charles, Michigan, USA in 2001.


Helen Keller  "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do."



1 comment:

  1. When I was a little kid I was afraid of sunflowers. Seemed so gigantic and exotic - way out of my comfort zone.

    ReplyDelete