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Sunflowers come in all sizes, shapes and colors, from gigantic to knee-highs designed to fill a vase with happy flowers. We even have the California native sunflower (Helianthus annuus) decorating ...
The common sunflowers we see in cut flower bouquets are annuals, as are the sunflowers grown for seeds, but other species are perennials. Many perennial sunflowers are native to the prairie ...
To repot your plant, add several inches of fresh potting mix to your growing container. Then place your plant’s root ball in the pot so it sits at the same depth it was at in its old container.
The inflorescence holds several flower heads. Each head is supported by a base covered in long, pointed phyllaries that bend back as the head ages and develops fruit. The flower head has a fringe of golden yellow ray florets , each two to three centimeters ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long, and a center filled with curly yellow and brown disc ...
The flowers are yellow and composite, looking much like true sunflowers, and sometimes grow to about 5 cm (2 in) wide. [3] Both the (8–12) ray and disk flowers are yellow, [3] with one flower head on each flowering stalk. [2] [6] The flower heads have 6–14 rays, which are darker towards the base, and several disk flowers. [7]
Geraea canescens, commonly known as desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, or desert gold, is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae. The genus name comes from the Greek geraios ("old man"), referring to the white hairs on the fruits. [2] G. canescens bears yellow sunflower-like flowers on slender, hairy stems. It grows 0.30–0.91 metres ...
Transplanting your indoor houseplants is easier than you think. Here's how to repot a plant in five steps, including all the tools you need. The whole process will take around 10 minutes.
The flora are arranged in several sublists with different organizations for the convenience of encyclopedia users with different purposes - alphabetically by scientific name, alphabetically by plant family then by scientific name, by growth pattern (e.g., tree, shrub, perennial, annual, etc.) then alphabetically by scientific name, by flower ...