Sunflowers are gorgeous native plants that can grow to amazing heights in a single year. But are sunflowers perennials that will come back after the winter? That depends on which sunflower you’re ...

The benefits of sunflowers are so abundant that no yard should be without them. I’m not referring to the large-headed annual cultivars you see growing in a field, but rather the native perennial ...

Sunflowers can either be annuals or perennials, depending on the variety you choose to plant. Annual sunflowers complete their life cycle in one season, while perennial sunflowers reappear each year.

When you hear the word sunflowers, the cheerful, familiar, large yellow blooms of the annual sunflowers come to mind (Helianthus annuus). These vibrant, happy flowers are annuals and are derived from ...

Swamp sunflowers are tall, native perennials with bright yellow flowers that attract pollinators. Perennial salvias, like ...

Late summer and early fall finds sunflowers at their full glory. Many roadsides and meadows are sprinkled with color because of the annual appearance of wild sunflowers. Fields of cultivated ...

I am a jealous gardener. I get jealous when I am out visiting a garden and I see a flowering plant that I have somehow missed incorporating into my landscape. Such is the case with false sunflower, ...

Silphium is in early breeding stages to be a low-input, alternative forage crop The Southwestern Colorado Research Center in Yellow Jacket recently planted an acre of a promising perennial crop called ...

These cheery blooms will fill your landscape with color. Dorte Fjalland/Getty Images Few colors have more of an impact in the garden than yellow. The cheerful hue brightens landscapes and complements ...