{"id":651,"date":"2011-09-27T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/wild-sunflowers-revisited-from-september-2008.html"},"modified":"2011-09-27T14:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T14:12:00","slug":"wild-sunflowers-revisited-from-september-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/09\/wild-sunflowers-revisited-from-september-2008.html","title":{"rendered":"Wild Sunflowers Revisited (from September 2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was in Nebraska earlier this month, I was immediately greeted by the wild sunflowers that I loved all over the edges of the highways and empty fields. I had planned to take some pictures but forgot. Oh well. At least I have this blog post from September 2008 to remind me of how pretty they are. Enjoy this “Rewind”:<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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This type of sunflower is a Helianthus annuus<\/a><\/i>.  The wild ones have smaller flowers (~5″) than the ones you plant for seeds, such as those in western Kansas<\/a> and Nebraska.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wild sunflowers are in bloom in E. Nebraska and W. Iowa. They just popped up all over the place, like how Queen Anne’s Lace pops up in PA and WV, and how wild thistle grows on the sides of the highways in NC.<\/p>\n

So I pulled a Maryann<\/a> and pulled over on the side of this country road while driving back from Toys R Us in Iowa and took some pictures.<\/p>\n

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This is what a single plant looks like…<\/p>\n

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And here’s a group of them.<\/p>\n

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There’s a HUGE field near Timmy’s preschool, I should get over there and take some pics soon before they’re over with.<\/p>\n

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