Having shed most of it’s lovely yellow petals, number two’s flower is reaching the end of it’s natural life, and my thoughts now turn to what to do with him. The Internet, of course, knows all things, and the perceived group wisdom is that I should chop off the heads when the backs of them start to go brown, store it in the garage in a bag (just like with the alliums), and wait for all the seeds to fall out. I shall check this with my Dad when he gets back from Austria.

Number two’s back is not brown, which means I get to put off the inevitable beheading for a bit longer. I have to say that I’m not looking forward to it, however, the passing of the big flower will give the secondary flower a better chance of getting some water, so that’s kind of OK. As you can see here, the secondary bloom on number two is a pretty little thing, even if it does look more of a daisy than a sunflower! Thanks to him not being very heavy he’s not suffered stunted petal growth from resting on a leaf. He therefore uniquely sits proudly undamaged.