Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether it's a field of yellow or a bouquet of sunny blooms, a big, cheerful sunflower is one of summer's most iconic sights.

Sunflowers are versatile garden plants that pair well with many vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. They are often grown to attract pollinators or for their bright, large blooms. While most plants ...

Companion planting is a clever way to get plants to work together to protect each other from pests and diseases and create a more ideal growing environment. While you might typically think of ...

Bold, eye-catching sunflowers add a warm dose of color to gardens, borders, and beds—plus, they provide you with a bounty of edible seeds for harvesting and snacking. While gardeners love these happy ...

Sunflowers are one of those happy plants many gardeners can’t resist planting. Kids love to watch the plants reach for the sky and everyone enjoys all the visitors. You are likely to see hummingbirds, ...

Tall sunflowers make handy natural supports for climbing vegetables and flowers, and their pollen-rich blooms entice insects to pollinate crops. However, sunflowers don’t play nicely with all edible ...

Sunflowers have a way of making gardens brighter and happier. They make beautiful and summery cut flowers for vases and bouquets. Sunflowers are also an excellent source of food for the wildlife in ...

Tomato plants are hard enough to grow successfully, without sneaky competitors getting in the way. It may seem these two ...

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers 'see' the sun to follow it? Plant biologists show that they use a different, novel mechanism from ...