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My first sunflower, grown from seed. Seeing it bloom with its deep yellow petals makes me irrationally happy. I love plants. (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by i_am_somebody to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

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[-] rbn@feddit.ch 12 points 1 year ago

It's indeed a very beautiful sunflower. I feel you.

[-] CarmineCatboy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

nothing irrational about this happiness

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah sunflowers are awesome.

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I absolutely love growing mammoth sunflowers. The bumblebees that they attract is so amazing.

[-] Draconic_NEO@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I unfortunately haven't been able to get the ones I grow to be very tall. They never grow taller than about half a meter even in a big pot. They're still pretty but I wish they would grow bigger.

[-] grooving@lemmy.studio 4 points 1 year ago

Lil crazy fact, the middle of the sun flower is actually tones of individual tiny flowers. Like 2000 flowers!

[-] i_am_somebody 2 points 1 year ago

I guess it must be, because each flower is a seed, and there must be hundreds of them on each sunflower!

[-] Myaa@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Oh my gosh this is amazing! Sunflowers are my favorite flower! You did such an amazing job!

[-] Soku@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's a beautiful sunflower! Is it in your balcony? How tall is it?

[-] i_am_somebody 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is a potted sunflower from my balcony. It must be around 1 meter tall. It has a sister which is about half its size because the pot is smaller!

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