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As far as I can tell they are over 9 feet tall... What the hell did they bury in their front yard?!

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[-] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Looks like mammoth Russian sunflowers to me. We grow these every year along my driveway and the neighbors love them because they attract gold finches and red-headed house finches :-)

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Those look like good old "mammoth" sunflowers. I tried to grow 16 sunflowers this season from different varieties, and only 6 of those survived. They all became monsters.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You sure? That link mentions single large heads.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

I'm growing half a dozen mammoth sunflowers that all have multi heads right now. They look exactly like OPs picture.

They may be a variant, but that's what they were called on the seed packet I used.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah wow. Those seem easy to have as a statement piece. I might try to ask them for some seeds since that article undersells them as a statement piece

[-] Ruthalas@infosec.pub 9 points 2 days ago

Biblically accurate sunflower.

[-] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

@Krauerking@lemy.lol

Those are pretty common in Amsterdam. Both in public spaces and even street gardens

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 3 days ago

lol sunflowers are common here too, just usually you don't enjoy them from a 2nd floor window.

[-] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

@Krauerking@lemy.lol yeah I meant that size of the sunflower, not the plant itself

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