Tall sunflowers make handy natural supports for climbing vegetables and flowers, and their pollen-rich blooms entice insects to pollinate crops. However, sunflowers don’t play nicely with all edible ...

Sunflowers are versatile garden plants that pair well with many vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. They are often grown to attract pollinators or for their bright, large blooms. While most plants ...

"It's hard to be unhappy in a sunflower field." Mark Cournoyer, agriculture teacher and FFA club adviser at Auburndale High School, has said it so often that it has almost become a motto. Through the ...

We talked about gardening for birds previously, so let’s talk about a fan favorite for both birds and humans you may have forgotten — sunflowers. The sunflower seeds most of us are familiar with are ...

Sunflowers are the exuberant darlings of the summer garden, and you can still plant them in August. No garden edible grows at a greater rate than the sunflower. Certain varieties take only two months ...

As you travel in rural Indiana this time of year, you may happen upon a field of sunflowers. It’s so beautiful that drivers will occasionally pull off on the side of the road and take pictures.

AUSTIN, Minn. — Soil health and land stewardship have been motivations for Austin farmer Tom Finnegan for decades. Finnegan and his family farm corn, soybeans, small grains, cover crops and sunflowers ...