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Old 24-09-2009, 04:23 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Muddymike Muddymike is offline
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Default Sunflowers

alan.holmes wrote:
I was under the impression that sunflowers followed the sun,
with their
heads turning so they were always looking at the sun.

I have one in the front garden which totally ignores the sun
and seems to
look in the other direction!

Is this normal?


Maybe it is shy or just afraid of getting sunburned? Did you
remember to
rub the petals with sunscreen? :-)


Mine is just shy.
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Mike