"Evelyn McHugh" wrote in message
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It started out simply enough in the summer of 1998. plants.

SNIP

The tallest eventually get 12-15 feet high - towering over my
trellis, and almost as tall as the peak of my neighbor's garage.

More snippage

Don't your kids have sunflower contests in US?

Every summer here in UK the local papers are full of pictures of the
grinning little monsters with sunflowers as tall as the house, staked with
all manner of timber supports.

Maybe you could market them as world's tallest or whatever. It's one of the
prime methods of getting kids interested in gardening over here.

Steve