How to Grow a Sunflower Playhouse

Grow your ownsunflower playhouse!

Figure 1. Sunflower Playhouse (Patti, 2012)

Figure 2. Sunflower Playhouse (Patti, 2012)

Choose your sunflowers.

Figure 3. Mammoth Sunflower (Rodale, Inc. 2015)

Figure 4. Lemon Queen Sunflower (Rodale, Inc. 2015)

Figure 5. Firecracker Sunflower (Rodale, Inc. 2015)

Sow according

to the season.

Figure 6. Average Date of Last Spring Frost Map (Gorham, 2010)

Plant

in plenty of space and sun.

Figure 7. Sunflowers (Tran Blog 2007)

Provide food and water.

Figure 8. Plant Food (Bonnie 2013)

Protect from pests and weeds.

Figure 9. Insects on a Sunflower (Bonnie 2013)

Enjoy the

growing process.

Figure 9. Sunflower growth chart (Quantitative Enviornmental Learning Project 2015)

Harvest your seeds.

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