Goodbye sunflower... / myLot

Australia

May 10, 2023 8:45pm CST

I'm visiting friends in a place where sunflowers abound in the campus where I stay. Even the sunflowers that have completed their life cycle and are fading away look pretty! I didn't realised that there was so much intricate patterns and designs in the centre! I need to have a closer look today.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222319)

• United States

11 May 23

We had sunflowers at one of my childhood homes. We used to stand there and eat sunflower seeds before the birds got them all!

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

11 May 23

Did you eat them raw?

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222319)

• United States

11 May 23

@pitstop Yes. They were very good.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

11 May 23

Sunflowers are beautiful, I keep the seeds to give to the birds.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

11 May 23

Do you have sunflowers in your garden.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

12 May 23

@pitstop - Yes, I always seed some to have seeds for the birds.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120685)

• United States

11 May 23

I used to have a friend in high school that adorned her bedroom in sunflower decorations. She really loved them.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

11 May 23

I wonder if they have a smell that is pleasant.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120685)

• United States

11 May 23

@pitstop I don’t recall a strong fragrance, but if I remember correctly they had a very pleasant smell; fit for a prairie.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117218)

• El Paso, Texas

11 May 23

The seeds are just beginning to ripen but that won't happen until the flower is dried up. Those seeds can also be eaten by either people or birds.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

11 May 23

There are plenty of birds here - they probably get the first pick.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117218)

• El Paso, Texas

11 May 23

Birds generally wait until the flower center is dry because that is when the seeds are easier to pick out of the hull.

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rakski

@rakski (156298)

• Philippines

11 May 23

sad to see them fade away but that's their life

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

11 May 23

Yes - the unavoidable cycle of life.

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rakski

@rakski (156298)

• Philippines

12 May 23

@pitstop true

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381952)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 May 23

It took us ages to get a photo of a field of sunflowers in France. Every time we came across them, they were facing the sun and had their heads turned away from us.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

11 May 23

That must have been frustrating. I'll see tomorrow if the little group of sunflowers face the sun in the daytime.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381952)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 May 23

@pitstop The flower heads are supposed to follow the sun around.