Last fall I bought native wildflower seeds and spread them all over the front corner of my yard. I kept looking at all these plants sprouting up – not knowing if they were a weed or a wildflower! There was one plant that grew especially fast. Before I knew it, it was at over 5 feet tall, but still no flowers!
My neighbor even joked he was about to chop it down with his weed eater, but then one morning…one sunflower!!!
This sunflower plant is from the aster family: Helianthus annuus or Common Sunflower. It is the official state flower of Kansas (woo hoo Ted Lasso!).
The blooms just kept coming! After a few big storms, it started to droop, so I decided to cut all the flowers and make a bouquet- but it actually made three! What a happy surprise in my garden!
