Camille T. Dungy is the author of “Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden.” When a friend drove me home in the second week of April, I told him to stop at the house with the sunflowers. “What ...

Sunflowers typically bloom 70 to 100 days after planting, with specific timing dependent on variety. The blooming stage, ideal for harvesting cut flowers, occurs 10 to 13 weeks after seed sowing.

If you're looking for a colorful flower to add to your yard that is fairly easy to maintain, a sunflower garden is a great option for you. Even though the flower is great for beginning gardeners, ...

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 ...

Their heads bowing or dancing cheerfully in the breeze, sunflowers are a fun and festive end-of-summer flower and a prelude to fall. They are easy to grow and their seeds can be delicious to eat.

The first UK marketing pool for sunflowers gives farmers an alternative spring option to make up some of their winter cropping shortfall. Latest AHDB figures show that the wheat area is down by 15%, ...

And farmer Ted Kessel enjoys engulfing people in nature. “Oh, it’s amazing," he said. "All the families coming out, making memories in this forest that we’ve created." This year, the outlines of ...

correctionAn earlier version of this story mistakenly said the Endless Summer brand of re-blooming hydrangeas was introduced in 2011. It was introduced in 2004. This version has been corrected. Robert ...