Sunflowers!!!

**Killearn Kitties** · 07-07-2007, 05:21 AM

I adore sunflowers! I have a lovely bunch of them downstairs right now.

Every year I say I will grow some and never do. They are so easy to germinate too. You reminded me about when I used to put mixed seeds on an old wooden bird table that was here when we bought the house. Quite often the sunflower seeds would start to sprout, trying to root themselves into the wood.

I think I might get some next year.

**Hellow** · 07-07-2007, 10:13 AM

Is it still in the season when you can plant them because i want to plant some out of Little Bits gerbil food?

**Karen** · 07-07-2007, 11:42 AM

You might be able to buy plants already started somewhere, but it's too late to start them from seed now, unless you live way in the South.

Catlady711 - the orange one isn't a tiger lilly, it's a day lilly. They have naturalized many places, we have them in our yard as well. Day lillies are called that because each blossom lasts just one day. Tiger lillies are a different plant - they have shorter leaves that grow from a stem, instead of looooong leaves that sprout from the ground.

**Kalei** · 07-07-2007, 11:54 AM

Wow, what beautiful flowers, they definately could make one's day a little bit brighter

**Pembroke_Corgi** · 07-07-2007, 12:38 PM

You have lovely flowers in your garden!

**Catlady711** · 07-08-2007, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

Catlady711 - the orange one isn't a tiger lilly, it's a day lilly. They have naturalized many places, we have them in our yard as well. Day lillies are called that because each blossom lasts just one day. Tiger lillies are a different plant - they have shorter leaves that grow from a stem, instead of looooong leaves that sprout from the ground.

Thank you Karen. I didn't realize they had 'naturalized'. It's always hard for me to identify some plants, particularly when I didn't go pick them out and buy them lol. That must mean that the ones in my front yard are the true 'tiger lilies' they look like you describe.

**Almita** · 07-08-2007, 08:50 PM

Those are gorgeous i love sunflowers, they're so pretty. More of a fan of lily's and tulip's. I think all flowers are gorgeous, we don't have much here at the moment since its really hot out in the 100's summer is never good to plant them out here.