Beautiful, cheery sunflowers offer beauty for your garden and the promise of a delicious snack in the form of their seeds. Norbert Zingel / 500px / Getty Images Known for their brilliant yellow blooms ...

Sunflowers are tall, cheerful blooms that bring bold color and pollinators to your garden. Most are golden yellow, but some varieties come in gorgeous shades of orange, red, or even burgundy.

Sunflowers are obviously sun-loving plants and they don’t do well in the cold, so you’ll want to start prepping the soil for planting well after the temperature has stayed above 50 degrees during both ...

Harvesting your own sunflower seeds is a rewarding end-of-summer activity. Sunflowers are annuals, completing their life cycle in one season. Annuals have four main developmental phases from seed to ...

Pick sunflower seeds when heads droop, turn yellow-brown, and petals fall—usually late summer. Cut heads with stem, dry upside down indoors, then rub seeds out once dry. Roast plain seeds 5–7 mins at ...

Growing giant sunflowers isn't just about picking a big variety, you also need to think carefully about placement, irrigation, feeding, and more.

Not only a stunning plant, sunflowers produce delicious and healthy seeds packed with calcium. These seeds are perfect for snacks and the birds love them! A sunflower head is ready for harvest when ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County held its 5th Annual Sunflower Growing Competition in late fall. Sunflower seeds ...

Time-lapse of a teddy bear sunflower plant growing in 88 days. This dwarf gold sunflower variety was planted in pot from seed ...

Few flowers are as cheerful as sunflowers. With bright golden-yellow petals and stems as tall as 15 feet, sunflowers are stunning additions to any garden or yard. If you're wondering how long it takes ...