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A Gorgeous Sunflower! (orbiting.observer)

This is a beautiful Lemon Queen sunflower in my backyard. I've planted a whole row, but this one shot up and got an early start, the rest barely have their heads grown.

I'm growing these as part of The Great Sunflower Project, a citizen science effort to track pollinators in the United States. These were chosen for their wide appeal to pollinators, and true to form, there is always at least one sort of insect buddy visiting at any given moment!

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[-] admin@thegarden.land 3 points 1 year ago

I planted Lemon Queen too! I didn’t even know that any sunflowers were perennials

[-] emuspawn@orbiting.observer 3 points 1 year ago

Neat! Once they are bloomed you should make some observations and send them in!

[-] admin@thegarden.land 2 points 1 year ago

Oh wow and it’s just tracking lemon Queen sunflowers? Cool I’m happy to participate

[-] TheTechNerd6789@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Looks amazing

this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
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