Ah, Sun-flower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun,
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done:

Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow
Arise from the their graves, and aspire
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.

~By WILLIAM BLAKE~

When you see a sunflower it makes you happy. the wonderful colours and the friendly look, real sun lovers and so usefull.

Did you touch the inside of the flower? So soft. And you see often beautiful drops on the heart of the flower.

So choosing the Sunflower for the Blossomsgroup wasnt hard for me.

Please browse and enjoy.

HUGS from the Sunflower Girl

Did you ever wonder how Sunflowers got their scientific name Helianthus? It comes from two words, Helios meaning sun, and Anthos, meaning flower. The sunflower "often" follows the sun, and this characteristic is how got its name. The Sunflower is a good bee plant, ours have been covered in bees this summer.

In many parts of Europe sunflowers have provided/and still provide leaves for smoking, flower buds for salads, flowers for dyes, and oil for cooking. There are more than 70 species of sunflowers, growing almost all over the world. The sunflower is not one flower, but a cluster of more then 2000 tiny flowers growing together...go and have a closer look next time you come face to face with one. A sunflower's head can grow to be as big as 2 feet across and the plant itself can be as tall as 18 feet or even more... The tallest sunflower grown on record was 25 feet tall and was grown in the Netherlands.  The largest sunflower head on record measured 32 1/2 inches across its widest point and was grown in Canada. The shortest mature sunflower on record was just over 2 inches tall and was grown in Oregon using the Bonsai technique.

The sunflower is the state flower of Kansas.

The sunflower is the national flower of Russia.

The French word for Sunflower is tournesol, or literally "turn with the sun", and In Spain and Italy: Girasol and in Germany: Sonnenblume. Flower Meaning - Dwarf Sunflower: Adoration Tall Sunflower: False Riches