Now retired, I am former university adjunct faculty, self-published author, and retired recreation and parks practitioner living in Eastern Washington State near the Idaho border. Second Wind Leisure Perspectives is my blog about living a leisure lifestyle that includes fitness, photography, and fun.
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39 thoughts on “#WordlessWednesday: Wild Sunflowers at My Feet”
It doesn’t get much better than a field of sunflowers. Lucky girl!
I’ve heard they aren’t native to wetter areas, like the west side of WA. And they grow wild. I’ve never seen half the wildflowers in Eastern Washington until we moved here.
These grow wild, Linda and die off about the time the summer sunflowers bloom. We may have a yard full judging by all the seeds I threw down for the birds this winter.
The wildflowers are amazing at how hardy they are. I hope you do have a yard full of sunflowers – lucky you! I planted Forget-Me-Nots once. A couple of packets of seeds as fillers between some bushes for Spring color. I lost bushes (including three butterfly bushes) and all my perennials planted in 1985 in the first Polar Vortex in Winter 2013-2014, but those Forget-Me-Nots never faltered and keep coming up every year.
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It doesn’t get much better than a field of sunflowers. Lucky girl!
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Thank you Jacqui! And the fact they grow wild is the best!
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Very pretty. These are different to our local sunflowers which have broader petals.
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Thank you, Robbie. These are wild and the whole plant is medicinal. Soon, the normal more domestic sunflowers will bloom.
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Those sunflowers are so wonderful and delightful 😀
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I love this time of year when these grow wild everywhere!
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I’ve always wanted to take a hammock and sleep in a flowering orchard. Maybe cherries tonight and apple tomorrow?
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Sounds good, Wayne. Do these arrowleaf sunflowers grow in Tofino?
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good question Terri? I do not know to be honest? A friend grows them, I will ask him.
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I’ve heard they aren’t native to wetter areas, like the west side of WA. And they grow wild. I’ve never seen half the wildflowers in Eastern Washington until we moved here.
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we do not have any wild Sunflowers Terri, or I haven’t seen or heard of any.
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Makes sense, too wet for them. I sure enjoy the free show every spring 🙂
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do you roast the seeds in the oven?
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Seeds are too tiny. But I read you can eat the whole plant–I’ll pass 🙂
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and I second that Terri!
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you, Dawn. I’m going to link this to your spring festival post tomorrow 😁🌻
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So bright and cheerful! Beautiful. 🙂
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Thank you, they literally are everywhere. Do you have these in your area, too, Susanne?
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I don’t recall seeing them much in the Seattle area. I think they might prefer a warmer, drier climate.
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Makes sense 🌻
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What a gorgeous sight. Must be fun walking through that field of color.
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It’s pretty gorgeous, and they haven’t all bloomed yet.
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More to look forward to then!
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How absolutely 💜💜💜
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A field of wild sunflowers… gorgeous!
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They are everywhere, Nancy probably my favorite time of year 🌻
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They look amazing, Terri – I’m amazed they grow wild xx
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Thank you, Toni, I feel blessed to live in such a place! 🌻
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I think hubby’s focus was on his beautiful wife 🙂
Beautiful spring- I love it!
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Aww, thank you, Jacquie!
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How beautiful, Terri. Enjoy the wild flowers, and all that sun.
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Thank you, Diana! I’m afraid I’m going to enjoy the sun from inside..
Pretty hot today and tomorrow 🌻
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It’s been warm here too, but I’m not complaining. It took forever for the sun to show up.
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Beautiful Terri! We will be waiting until late July/early August to see our sunflowers, but what a treat when they finally bloom.
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These grow wild, Linda and die off about the time the summer sunflowers bloom. We may have a yard full judging by all the seeds I threw down for the birds this winter.
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The wildflowers are amazing at how hardy they are. I hope you do have a yard full of sunflowers – lucky you! I planted Forget-Me-Nots once. A couple of packets of seeds as fillers between some bushes for Spring color. I lost bushes (including three butterfly bushes) and all my perennials planted in 1985 in the first Polar Vortex in Winter 2013-2014, but those Forget-Me-Nots never faltered and keep coming up every year.
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That’s cool, Linda. They did not want to be forgotten 😁 💙
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