sunflower – GWENNIESGARDENWORLD

November 8, 2025November 8, 2025

UPDATE ON MY SUNFLOWERS

As promised, here’s an update on my sunflowers.

This was the biggest and largest of the six I sowed, they all took quite a battering of heavy rain and storm winds, I don’t expect seeds this time of year but the yellow is a bright spot in the garden. I think I’ll experiment next year with a few types from the shop. But the birds won’t go hungry, we always have a bag of mixed seeds for them and peanutbutter without salt.

We still have nice weather for the time of the year, apart from the few days with high wind and lots of rain. In the past it was normal to have night frosts in November or even earlier when I was a child (a loooong time ago). So 15 to 18 C° is good !

Have a great weekend and take care !

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025

AN EXPERIMENT

Somewhere in September I decided to plant 6 sunflowerseeds (the beginning of Autumn here) As I was feeding the birds outside in the garden I saw a few sunflower seeds among the mixture of seeds. I filled 2 smal pots with potting compost and put 3 seeds in each pot. A few days later I saw the first seed had sprouted and the next few days they were all visible. I put them high up on a table as the slugs love young fresh plants . A few weeks later I planted them out in the garden , all 6 of them so now I have sunflowers in the garden. My husband called me crazy to start with sunflowers so late in the year. I have no clue what breed they are, they all have a different hights, some are in bud others in flower. So now I know I can start early with seeding sunflowers and seed some every 3 months or so, to enjoy them in Spring and Summer and Autumn. And I don’t even have to buy seeds as we always have a mixture of seed for the birds in our garden.

I think the buds are very pretty too.

I will let you know how they evolve. So far the weather is still arround 15 C° and at the moment there is no frost in sight.

I hope you all still enjoy the plants in the garden or on your balcony. Take care !

September 1, 2024

SILENT SUNDAY

July 30, 2023

SILENT SUNDAY

October 23, 2022

SILENT SUNDAY

October 16, 2022

SILENT SUNDAY

August 31, 2022

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

October 31, 2019

I AM THE LAST ONE

Hello, I am the last one in bloom of a bunch of sunflowers who got a chance to grow in October cos the birds in our garden dropped a few seeds and the weather cooperated also with warmth and rain .(see my post : “a late present” I posted earlier this month.

**THIS BEE IS ENJOYING THE SUN WHILST HARVESTING SOME POLLEN.**

Have a great day !

October 18, 2019

A LATE PRESENT

Now that the weather has changed from hot and dry to soft and wet, plants are starting to regrow. As we feed the birds with all sorts of seeds, including sunflower seeds, new sunflowers have started to grow, so I have sunflowers in bloom in the middle of October where as they normally are in bloom in June-July. And I absolutely love it !! So I have been busy with my camera. I have about 10 sunflowers in bloom at the moment, not only the one I show here.