Our garden

Bonsai, garden trees, houseplants and the odd volunteer seedling.

This is our little online catalogue of everything growing in our garden, made for friends and family. It's a work in progress, and there's always something new going in.

Or browse the catalogue

The archive
Back to The archive
Sunflowers
One of the good ones, with a bumblebee aboard, Summer 2026

Sunflowers

Helianthus annuus

Honourable mention. A lot of sunflowers were grown from seed in 2026, in a summer that didn't suit them, and most didn't do all that well. This one did, and a bumblebee took full advantage.

Common name
Sunflowers
Status
Honourable mention
From
Grown from seed
Did you know?

A sunflower head is not one flower but hundreds of tiny ones, packed in spirals that follow the Fibonacci numbers.

🎮
PC classic Plants vs. Zombies (PC, 2009)

The sunflower is the hardest-working plant in the game. Ours were less productive.

Look it up →