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