Not all flowers are beautiful, but the seeds may be wonderful
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
Eugene, Oregon
September 29, 2016 1:32pm CST
I have written before about some exotic sunflowers we planted, as well as some that grew from birdseed that I scattered around. This is one sunflower near the front corner of the house that flowered but is anything but beautiful. I doubt that the squirrels will bother with it, but the seeds might be delicious. It is very hardy looking and shows no sign of giving in to the cooler weather.
Maybe some of us humans are like this, living long, standing tall, just doing the best we can.
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
29 Sep 16
Do the birds find your sunflowers?? We planted some sometime back and the birds loved them
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
29 Sep 16
@JamesHxstatic I like the more exotic varieties --we had a red variety sometime back--
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Sep 16
@divalounger We did too and some black ones as well.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Sep 16
The squirrels destroyed all the others, but Anne did manage to cut some for the house and we liked them while they lasted.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 Sep 16
I do believe you're right. Any sunflower is nice, but I thought this was strange, I once buried cucumber pickles that didn't turn out right in the edge of our garden. the next spring there were cucumber vines all over the place. I didn't expect that.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Sep 16
What a surprise! Did any bear fruit?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Sep 16
@RubyHawk I wondered if that was the case.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 Sep 16
@JamesHxstatic We had more cucumbers than we knew what to do with.
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@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
1 Oct 16
You don't like that sunflower? For some reason ours are growing with multiple flowers now too...I have NO idea why. We only have one this year that had just one large flowering head.
They are all way past blooming now and need to be pulled.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
1 Oct 16
It is just so strange with no pretty flower.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Sep 16
Yes, I was jsut looking in the mirror while shaving. Thanks!2 people like this
@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
30 Sep 16
I am a plant and flower lover and so is my wife, who has planted a lot of flowers and plants in flower pots in our balcony. The best plant is the sunflowers we plant. In late autumn, it starts to fade, but in the next late spring, the seeds in the flower pots start to grow, which is easy to take care.
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@Gulshangiri (241)
• India
30 Sep 16
Yes..... Seeds are really wonderful but not all the flowers
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16785)
• China
1 Oct 16
Its flowers aren't beautiful,but it suffers a cold winter,just like human,everybody has their strong point and the weakness.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
30 Sep 16
The sunflowers certainly seem to have some personality about them, growing so tall and producing so many seeds. The birds love them and don't mind at all if the heads are a little ugly.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
2 Oct 16
Yes we are also like that .. may not look perfect but thrives ..
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
30 Sep 16
personally, i think they're quite beautiful :) i'd not be thinkin' the squirrels'd care 'bout their looks, lol. i love that last line, hon. i hope to be back to that myself.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
2 Oct 16
@JamesHxstatic no sir, but worth the fight, eh?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Oct 16
@crazyhorseladycx We can only hope.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Sep 16
Right not a beauty, but impressive anyway.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
4 Oct 16
@Marty1 Height depends upon the variety. Some are small short bushes, some are giants.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Sep 16
Wouldn't the birds try to pluck out the seeds?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Sep 16
On this one they have not but squirrels ripped the others up pretty fast.
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Sep 16
That looks like an alien flesh eating plant. 
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Sep 16
Yes, Anne thinks it is a prehistoric plant.
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@DeborahDiane (40317)
• Laguna Woods, California
2 Oct 16
@JamesHxstatic - It may not be beautiful, but could be nutritious ... especially for a squirrel! Who knows?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Oct 16
So far even he has left it alone.
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@JudyEv (341786)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 16
@JamesHxstatic Attack of the ugly sunflower? 
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