Interesting things about sunflowers

The sunflowers are the classic yellow flowers that we all love to see on the field when there are thousands together facing the sun. They are beautiful flowers that have filled paintings, works of art, photographs, textiles and the same flowers in the decorations of many homes. But sunflowers hide behind them many things that you possibly did not know. Information about sunflowers interesting facts about sunflowers sunflower facts for kids fun facts about sunflowers
A sunflower is actually thousands of tiny flowers
The classic yellow petals of sunflowers and fuzzy brown centers are actually individual flowers , as well as about two thousand flowers – a huge bouquet in a single flower! From now on you will look at sunflowers in a different way right? sunflower facts for kids fun facts about sunflowers
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Sunflowers are cut in the morning Information about sunflowers
If you want to have some beautiful sunflowers in your home and you would like to decorate your living room with a beautiful vase full of sunflowers, I advise you to cut them in the morning . In the case of cutting the flowers in the afternoon, they would wither very quickly.
A dried sunflower can be a natural bird feeder
Birds love to nibble and eat sunflower seeds so when a sunflower dries it can be a perfect feeder for our feathered flying friends. All you have to do is hang the sunflower with the flower facing upwards so that the birds can perch on it to peck. Information about sunflowers interesting facts about sunflowers

Each sunflower you see in the field can contain up to 2,000 seeds, so these flowers are a great attraction for birds! But if you prefer you can harvest sunflowers and roast the seeds for your own use. The roasted pipes are very tasty! Information about sunflowers
There are about 70 species of sunflowers Information about sunflowers
The generic name for sunflowers is Helianthus (which come from the Greek words “sun” and “flower”). There are many variants of sunflower blossoms , and the shapes can be wildly different from each other.
In French they are called “tournesol” which means “turns with the sun”. And it is that sunflowers tirelessly seek the sun’s rays to grow, this feature is called heliotropism.
Sunflowers are not only pretty flowers, but they are also extremely good at absorbing toxins. That is why millions of sunflowers were planted after the devastating tsunami that destroyed the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.