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Friday, August 26, 2011

Sunflowers - Royal Flush

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Sunflowers - Royal Flush

I have been growing sunflowers for decades and every year I am amazed by their diverse array of colors.  This particular variety - "Royal Flush" has pale yellow petal tips and a rosy flush ring around the middle of the flower.  I grew 3 different types of sunflowers this year and the "Royal Flush" bloomed the earliest (in late July and beginning of August).

I will let this sunflower speak for itself - enjoy some of my sunflower photos from this year:

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower


photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower






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Sunflowers, Black Velvet Queen

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4 comments:

  1. sweetybird09August 26, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    Those are so beautiful, I have a question, do you get the seeds from them and can you eat them?I am just curious...

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  2. AngieOuellette-TowerAugust 26, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    I have only tried to save and eat the sunflower seeds from the "Mammoth Sunflower" type and it was not very successful - lots of bugs (I grow organically). With these special varieties (Royal Flush, Black Velvet Queen and Autumn Beauty) I am just growing for fun and for their beauty.

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  3. moniqueAugust 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    I love love love this pictures of the flowers:)

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  4. AngieOuellette-TowerSeptember 2, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Oh - sweetybird09 - I forgot to tell you where I got these seeds from (sorry). The "Royal Flush" and "Black Beauty Queen" are from "Gurney's" seed & nursery - seed catalog. And the "Autumn Beauty" is a "Livingston Seed" packet from my local hardware store.

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