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My Aztec Gold

hey!
Here is another openning Aztec Gold Sunflower that opened completely today.
Same flower.


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escape out into the open for a wider view of my garden 2007 May 15








......And the forest begins! I see the future.

Absolutely [color:#FFCC33][size:17pt]AMAZING Michael!!!

You never cease to impress me with your oh-so-healthy plants and flowers!!!
Keep up the terrific work! [/size] [/color]

Thank you, your comments inspire me!]

Well thank you!
Here are more photos,
how about the front? You guys miss my front photos, well I took some this afternoon and I have two new blooms in the front! Kinda of early though, extremely early if you ask me. I do not receive blooms these large until mid June!!


One that looks to be certain to bloom next week at the most!




These are my first Paul Bunyan's to bloom this year and they had to be in the front.









To view much more photos of my garden and click HERE

Taken this morning May 20, 2007.
Time is flying quickly I say! June is near. I'm quiet worried though as I am beginning to see signs of many blooms occuring. This usually occurs every year around mid june, but this year it's very early due to the very warm spring we have had here in california and not much rain and blue skies.
Anyways, here is an update, THANK YOU RITE!

Opened fully today!





I was in the front of my house and looked at my sunflower and it seems like a bullet who was struck??



VERY ODD?

looks so beauitful!

More and more common sunflowers are starting to bloom. This is the beginning of what will be three months or more of blooming action! I'm now starting to see a few bees instead of one or two!!!

Note: all different plants, but all Common Sunflowers.

thank you,

here is an over all view

Here was a very odd golden common sunflower. I hope it looks different from the rest in the picture.

OMG Michael they are SOoooo Gorgeous!!! I agree the Burgandy one is wonderful!! The one survival of the seeds you sent that I started out of 5 ( I think you said it was the Paul Bunyan) is growing But with all the rain the lower leaves have gotten a fungus I believe But it is now about 3 1/2 foot tall Looks Kinda weak I hope it makes it!!! It is in Full sun Any suggestions to help it along?? I'll run out and take a pic so you can better tell what is going on with it!!

Okay Michael I took a pic doesn't it look sad??? As you can see it has lost it's leaves and there are still a few that are about to drop What can I do??

Please do post a photo of it, I'd love to see what is wrong with your poor little paul bunyan! =[ I hope it lives well!!

Michael I just edited the first post to you it's above you! LOL Could it be too much rain??? or the soil??

Okay, will it looks like it is simply getting a bit too much water. It looks like the top is pretty healthy and not wanting to give up it's growth. Have you check to see if any head is starting to develop?? Some plants tend to grow slower too, yet it could be your environment since it does rain a lot and the humidity must be bad?

As you can see, these two sunflowers are in the same area. Yet one isn't as tall as the other.
Just took these right now.




-Get this, Planted at the same time!!!

It must be tooo much rain and it's supposed to rain for the next 4 days ARRRRGH. Thanks for your input tho Michael,, There is not a head developing and I have to stake it up as you can see in the picture ,, I hope it makes it!!! I have soo many members seeds out in my yard and I'd love to make your seed a success!!!

All the luck Diane!

My first Paul Bunyan opened fully in my Garden. I already have blooming Paul Bunyans in the front, but this will be the first to bloom in the back!!!

How can I get mine to bloom,I buy the basic 6ft plant then it grows into a monster of about 15 or more feet,but never gets a good bloom.The leaves are about the size of my cars hubcaps,but no blooms.I live on an old apple orchard could my soil be to acidic?In the fall cutting them down is like down a tree.It's not worth the trouble if I can't enjoy a lovely flower.

very nice garden u have there

wow! i never seen a sunflower that tall!
thats awsome!
very beauitful garden, those do look like rose bushes in front

littlelizard, what do you mean they do not get a good bloom? How are the bloods then? are they any size of bloom I'm shown?
Is there sun all day at the stop you have these flowers at?

Penny, yeah they are already passed the roof!!


Sandy, thank you!

sibyl, thank you! my roses are also blooming I may add, lol.



Here are more photos!
Here is a red bloom

Just thought I'd add another common sunflower


The front I go!


This Paul Bunyan surpassed the roof!


And some blooming Paul Bunyans in the front

i cant get over how tall you sunflower is!
i feel like johny gettin ready to clime the beanstock lookin at it thats soooo cool!

love your reds mine are about 7inches tall their grow,

Penny, Love the red one?
Here you go!



Sibly, can't believe how tall they are huh? Here is a sky HIGH PHOTO...




7in? they will get taller if you have them in full sun, and it does NOT and i repeat NOT rain so much, rain does slow down the growth and usually will stop it and create a head at only a few feet.



Pictures taken today, June 3, 2007 at 11:30am PST
More Paul Bunyans are blooming in the front.





I found a Long Petal Common Sunflower!!

Michael you have converted me into a Sunflower lover. I am now trying my hand at Sunflowers. Wish me luck. Any tips I should know. Your Sunflowers are beautiful.

holy smokes! were did you go to get that high pic???? tell me you wernt on your roof

awsome pics, your sunflowers are so pretty.

Yes NEW pictures!!

My front yard...










Backyard, we had some very strong winds and my poor sunflower was toppled





RED ONES

Thanks, ummm.. the one that fell over is still alive,but everytime during the middle of the day it wilts. THen during the night it relives it self. I dont know what to do. If I try to stand it up I hear cracks. It is simply just too heavier just imagine when it gets full of flowers!!!

love the 4pic with the sun shinin through the sunflower, very pretty!

Hey here are more!! =]

IM going camping for a week. So no pictures until the 25th ! =[

good bye! Take Care!

beauitful pics!!
have fun camping!



im getting buds on my red sunflowers!

This is my first time on this web site so may be using the wrong forum. Please forgive! Bought two minature sunflower plants at a nursery but wasn't able to get them planted right away. Some of the flowers died but have noticed that the spent blossoms are germinating and more stems are growing out of them. Never ran into this before as one usually cuts off dead flowers. How do I take care of these? Can use the additional heigth.

i always leave the dead blooms on to get seeds,
im thinking thats what happend to yours, when the flowers die theres seeds ripened and started growing,,plant your seedlings in the ground

also welcome to the fourm dougie!!!
ya might wanna go to the new members and interduce yourself so we can all say hi to ya *big smiles*

Omg ive been so busy with so much stuff, but let me get back into posting photos. Ummm this will be one huge update, so please for give me!!


These pictures were taken on June 30th, 2007 at 10am PST

Closer photos
















Here are these:

Micheal,
I have been away and travelling a lot this summer so I haven't checked in here. I also couldn't find your sunflower thread in the new A Gardeners Forum...until today.
Wow...everything looks fantastic..I saw the pix of the burgundy that I sent you...they look fabulous as do all of your babies...

We had a drought down here in South Florida and they put us on water restrictions (down to only one or two days a week)...so I didn't plant my backyard sunflower garden...the 3 American Giants that I planted shriveled up in the heat...However, several volunteer seeds popped up around the yard and a few grew on their own in some odd places (like inside a pot next to a datura). I figured the birds dropped the seeds and that's where they grew.

My parents new home in Georgia was finally finished and when I was up there July 1 I scattered some of my seeds on the west side of the house without covering them or anything. The next week, my mom says many of them had sprouted and had 2 sets of leaves....I'll be back up there in a few weeks to check on them and thin them out a little.

I am going to bookmark this page so that I can find it again and I'll keep in touch with you.

Thanks again for sharing the wonderful pix of your garden!

Rite

Hi Michael.....

really dunno what to say actually...ahh what is there to say when everything has been said....n yet i simply do not wanna miss out letting u know i m 'spheechlessly-awed' by your flowers!!!

Keep up da terrific work....while having a marvellously-nice day in da garden!!

p/s wonder if i could trade something for your sunflower seeds later...!?

Awwww, LOVE you guys so much! thank you for your compliments!! this is what keeps me going!
I'm SO happy to read that Rite2u is still here!!! YAY!!
yes! my red ones have had a wonderful summer over here. Saddly everything is now slowly going away.... This year has been a quick one.. I had an early start witha all my sunflowers and now an early ending its looking to be!

Great looking plants I
had 2 just pop up and I never
planted any lol

and this but i might go get me some seeds now and see how I do lol
I don't know what kind these are

I have this one right now.I love its color.
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I've had blooms on ring of fire then the plant suddenly died but was able to get one seed pod from the 1st bloom.I have some reds sown they just the ones not bloomed yet.

beautiful flowers ! love them espsically the orange one!