Growing sunflowers is an incredibly rewarding experience, especially when you see those giant blooms towering over your ...

The common sunflower goes by the botanical name of Helianthus annus. Extensive breeding has resulted in a great number of cultivars with yellow, orange, red, cream, white, and bi-color blooms, in ...

The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is a species of the Asteraceae family. The plant seeds are edible, and manufacturers use them for foods and producing sunflower oil. As such, sunflower ...

The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) with its familiar blooms has been cultivated by Native Americans as far back as 3,000 B.C. They utilized these lofty giants in medicine and as a vital food ...

Early remains of Helianthus annuus L. unearthed at the San Andrés site in the Gulf Coast region of Tabasco, Mexico, constitute the earliest record of domesticated sunflower.

A fun and beautiful addition to any garden is to plant some sunflowers (Helianthus annuus). If you have children or grandchildren, plant different varieties of this plant (ornamental and oil seed ...

It took Helianthus annuus 6 million years to become the flower by the freeway. Four thousand years of seed selection by humans, first by early agriculturists, latterly by Western breeders, led to ...

RUST (Puccinia helianthi Schw.) is a major hazard to sunflower production in a number of countries. The area devoted to sunflowers for edible oil in Canada, all in southern Manitoba, was reduced ...

Helianthus annuus, the common sunflower, must be planted in full sun and the seedlings kept well-watered. But don’t allow it to shade other sun worshipers in the garden.