Wheee! My biggest sunflower is in (almost) full bloom!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (239987)
Walnut Creek, California
July 29, 2026 10:46am CST
My tallest sunflower is blooming now. OK, it's only about four feet high, and the flower is only about 4" across, but it still makes me smile.
I'll attach a picture I took yesterday. Unfortunately,I got all excited and toot the photo before I watered, so the leaves are a bit droopy.
Do you get excited when your garden grows?
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@Ineeddentures (43859)
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29 Jul
It looks ok to me
Our sunflowers for what ever reason never seem to get that far
So we gave up
Our garden is growing really well just now and it's about time I took some pictures and posted about it
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@Ineeddentures (43859)
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29 Jul
@TheHorse
We have a problem with snails.
They are climbers
They even climb onto raspberry plants and do damage
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@TheHorse (239987)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul
@Ineeddentures We have snails here too. They were more of a problem in Oakland (by the Bay),relative to "out here" where it is warmer and drier.
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@snowy22315 (211520)
• United States
30 Jul
Oh goodie! I love sunflowers. I saw some for 6 bucks yesterday. Won't be long til they are all ready for harvest here. There is a sunflower farm less than an hour from here. I might get some.
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@TheHorse (239987)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jul
@snowy22315 A field of sunflowers always makes me smile.
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@DaddyEvil (177085)
• United States
29 Jul
Have you ever tried harvesting the seeds from the sunflowers you grow? I always loved the part where I could eat something from my gardens. 
Congrats on the beautiful sunflower!
Congrats on the beautiful sunflower!2 people like this
@TheHorse (239987)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jul
@DaddyEvil They were yummy.
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@lovebuglena (53157)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Jul
I do not have a garden. The only plant I have is a Christmas cactus. Last year there were no flowers at all. They seemed to start growing but then they fell off. I think that was the only year where no flowers bloomed.
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@TheHorse (239987)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jul
@lovebuglena Even someone without a "green thumb" can have some succulents in their kitchen window (or garden in warmer climates).
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@lovebuglena (53157)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Jul
@TheHorse I guess the fact that they are hard to kill is a good thing lol.
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@thedevilinme (5398)
• Northampton, England
30 Jul
You can smoke dRied Sunflower seeds .California, right?
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@ptrikha_2 (49897)
• India
1 Aug
That looks great!
It makes one feels so elated when one's plants grow well.
At times, some plants start well but do not last that much.
Have a nice day !
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@LeaPea2417 (39958)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 Jul
It is very pretty. Yes, I get real excited when someting in my garden grows.
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@RasmaSandra (99811)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul
Love that sunflower, I no longer have a garden but when I did I loved it and had lots of surprises like the tomatoes and cucumbers growing in our greenhouse, When I weeded it was always tomato, cucumber, and one cat in the middle of it all 
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18787)
• Torrington, Connecticut
29 Jul
Yeah I was happy to see my basil and tomatoes blooming
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18787)
• Torrington, Connecticut
30 Jul
@TheHorse cherry and grape tomatoes, my grows them to use them for salads
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@TheHorse (239987)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Jul
@BACONSTRIPSXXX Yeppers.The little ones are my favorites.
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@Deepizzaguy (124309)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jul
I like seeing the trees outside of my home looking good.
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@Deepizzaguy (124309)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jul
@TheHorse I know what you mean.
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@teamfreak16 (44982)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Jul
I'm not a garden guy, even when I'm not living in an apartment. But I always thought sunflowers were kind of cool. My grandma had a bunch of them when I was a little kid.
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