Take a look at the beauties I cut from the garden tonight! These are called "Teddy Bear Sunflowers." Instead of large, distinct petals like a normal sunflower, they have these fuzzy leaves that look more like a teddy bear's fur. I've never grown them before, but decided to try them out this year. It seems like they took forever to bloom, but they were worth the wait! Next year I'd like to put them in one of my raised beds. This year I have them growing just along the grass that borders our garden, and I think the grass has held them back from getting as big as they otherwise would have. But they are blooming away right now and are quite the happy sight on our dining room table.
And speaking of blooming, the zinnias have gone crazy! Never again will I try to grow them in pots. This is the first year I stuck them in the ground (in a raised bed) and I have had so much better luck with them! I think an entire raised bed of them would be stunning. This year they just take up one end of one of my beds, but next year I just may go crazy with them. :)
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