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 ...

Sunny yellow sunflowers are commonly grown as ornamentals and cut flowers, and their nectar-filled blooms attract pollinators, too. Bonus: after their flowers fade, sunflowers continue to reward ...

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 ...

It is sunflower season in the sunflower state and harvest is just around the corner, starting mid-September into October. As seed heads begin to ripen, protecting them from birds is essential. said ...

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 ...

The sunflower Festival in Botetourt County brings in lots of people every year. The sunflowers aren't just something pretty to look at. They're an actual crop that’s harvested in the winter time.