Saturday, August 27, 2011

Pic of the Week

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Continuing our conversation on the Asteraceae family, a sunflower is another great example of a Pseudanthium.  These greenhouse grown sunflowers are doing much better than the field sunflowers which I believe has to do with our ability to control a lot of the variables effecting plant growths such as wind, water, weeds and pests to a certain extent.  Additionally, controlling all of those factors helps us maintain a more consistent soil.  This variety of sunflowers are called...


Soraya and have a 5 - 6 foot self-sustaining stalk even with these big, beautiful flowers.

Runner-up pics

Okay, I know it's "pic" of the week, but these are waayyy to beautiful not to post:






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