Amazing Sunflower Facts To Brighten Your Day

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Flowers are one of nature’s most beautiful little coincidences. Often associated with love and occasions, flowers now represent many different things in our lives. Of all different blooms, sunflowers are rightly named for the way people gravitate towards them.
Meant to represent happiness with its bright yellow petals, sunflowers have become a well-loved choice for celebrations, gardens and homes all around. Despite being featured in many forms of art, there’s still plenty to know about sunflowers. Watch on to find out in our Sunflower Facts video!
0:46 Sunflowers are edible.
1:03 Sunflowers demonstrate a behavior called "heliotropism."
1:16 Sunflowers do not face each other when it's a cloudy day.
1:35 Mature sunflowers face east all day long.
1:53 Sunflowers have been to outer space.
2:11 Sunflowers can absorb toxins.
2:32 Over 70 species of sunflowers exist.
2:44 Sunflowers are annual plants.
2:58 Germany has a yearly sunflower carnival.
3:21 Sunflowers are daisies.
3:40 Russia and Ukraine produce the most sunflower oil in the world.
4:05 Every year, Ukraine earns $3.7 billion from sunflower oil.
4:20 It took 2 years to create sunflower spread.
4:47 The famous painter Vincent van Gogh used sunflowers as his subject for two works.
5:17 There are many hybrid sunflowers.
5:38 The sunflower blooms the most in the middle of summer.
5:54 Young or immature sunflowers will follow the sun during cloudy days.
6:09 Perennial sunflowers can last over 2 years.
6:27 Sunflower oil is an excellent source of vitamin D.
6:53 Some people are afraid of sunflowers.
7:08 The sunflower is the only one with “flower” in its name.
7:18 Halva is a delicious dessert that uses sunflowers.
7:39 Sunflower seeds come in 3 types.
7:54 The sunflower has medicinal uses.
8:19 Sunflowers are made of thousands of tiny flowers.
8:36 Sunflowers have a wide array of colors.
8:52 Dwarf sunflowers can be grown outdoors and indoors.
9:05 Dwarf sunflowers need proper moisture and sunlight.
9:23 Sunflowers have many natural pests.
9:34 The sunflower life cycle has 4 stages.
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Thanks for the good information! 😄

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Thanks

[@Kayla-if9ch]

SO MUCH FACTS

[@numbthepainnovacane]

Amazing! Music too loud tho

[@Difelder]

Sun flower rolls

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The music is kind of creepy😂

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Very similar to the theme from Halloween

[@petestransit]

cornflowers?

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Where can I get perennial sunflowers

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The music is too loud and irritating...

[@Keldren.]

How the hell are flowers a "coincidence" yet also "meant" to represent happiness? Are you nihilistic or theistic make up your damn mind lmao