At last, all of the sunflowers are starting to form their trademark flowers! It’s almost impossible to see this from the ground so I headed upstairs to the spare room and took a couple of shots of them from there. I feel that these sunflowers have taken on a whole new presence now that I can see the top of them better from upstairs than from the garden or the kitchen.

Sunflower four’s bud is the least well developed. I think this is because he’s still devoting his energies to growing as tall as possible, rather than diverting precious fuel to being pretty. I am happy with this arrangement.

They are all well above the tops of their canes now, which is slightly concerning, but we have been careful to keep them well watered to avoid drooping. Given that their trunks are now about an inch in girth I think they will be fine unsupported. Quite where I’d find canes three metres long anyway is beyond me, since my Dad doesn’t have any.