When you hear the word sunflowers, the cheerful, familiar, large yellow blooms of the annual sunflowers come to mind (Helianthus annuus). These vibrant, happy flowers are annuals and are derived from ...

Sunflowers are gorgeous native plants that can grow to amazing heights in a single year. But are sunflowers perennials that will come back after the winter? That depends on which sunflower you’re ...

The benefits of sunflowers are so abundant that no yard should be without them. I’m not referring to the large-headed annual cultivars you see growing in a field, but rather the native perennial ...

Sunflowers can either be annuals or perennials, depending on the variety you choose to plant. Annual sunflowers complete their life cycle in one season, while perennial sunflowers reappear each year.

Swamp sunflowers are tall, native perennials with bright yellow flowers that attract pollinators. Perennial salvias, like Mexican bush sage, are heat-tolerant and provide nectar for bees and ...

Sunflowers are cheerful, perky, easy to grow and are not particular about their soil. They can be grown in every state, and you can find ones that are dwarf and others that are towering giants, ...

Sunflowers earned their name for a reason. Rays of brilliant yellow petals circle the center like the orb they're named after. But more than the color makes us happy. Seeds go in the ground, sprout, ...

Late summer and early fall finds sunflowers at their full glory. Many roadsides and meadows are sprinkled with color because of the annual appearance of wild sunflowers. Fields of cultivated ...

Silphium is in early breeding stages to be a low-input, alternative forage crop The Southwestern Colorado Research Center in Yellow Jacket recently planted an acre of a promising perennial crop called ...

I am a jealous gardener. I get jealous when I am out visiting a garden and I see a flowering plant that I have somehow missed incorporating into my landscape. Such is the case with false sunflower, ...