7 Interesting facts about Sunflower

Each sunflower has thousands of small flowers
The yellow petals with the iconic brown center are actually individual flowers.

If you want to pick sunflower, picking in the morning
Want to pluck some flowers to put on vase? Do not choose the afternoon because they will wither.

Dry sunflowers can be bird food
The birds love to snack on sunflower seeds.

Each flower can contain 1,000 to 2,000 seeds
Not only can for bird food, sunflower seeds can be dried and become a delicious snack

There are about 70 species of sunflower
This type of flower has many variations. Differences can be seen from different forms.

The longest sunflower can reach 30 feet
The flower is found in Germany by Hans-Peter Schiffer.

Sunflower is planted to help absorb nuclear radiation
Not only beautiful to look at, sunflower was also good to absorb toxins. Millions of sunflowers planted after the tsunami destroyed the reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.