We didn’t have the sunflower for Christmas, but we will for the New Year. Our Mongolian giant sunflower has finally bloomed! It has peaked at around 9 feet, or just over 2.7 metres high. The flower is smaller than I wish … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
When it comes to Christmas, the colours we associate most with the season are red, white and green. At least I do. That’s why I like to have red coloured plants around come the end of the year. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading
The Mongolian giant sunflower plant is officially the tallest sunflower plant we’ve ever had growing here. At today’s measuring-in, it was 2.4 metres high! Earlier this week, I lengthened the support stick by tying on another shorter, lighter stick, but … Continue reading
The Red Aztec corn plants are really showing off their cobs. The cobs started appearing as gradual swells between one leaf and the next along the plant stems, which was quite exciting to observe because of the anticipation of the … Continue reading