RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's almost time again for the beautiful sunflowers of Dix Park to bloom! The 280,000 sunflower seeds planted earlier this year are expected to start blooming the week of July ...

Sunflowers have a way of making gardens brighter and happier. They make beautiful and summery cut flowers for vases and bouquets. Sunflowers are also an excellent source of food for the wildlife in ...

Do you love sunflowers? You might not realize it, but this little fact says a lot more about you than you think.

Summertime in Raleigh means sunflowers at Dorothea Dix Park. After weeks of rainfall, the sunflowers in the park near downtown Raleigh are blooming. That means families and friends can visit the park ...

The month of August is considered the peak growing season for sunflowers, which is why National Sunflower Day is a perfect ...

Sunflowers famously turn their faces to follow the sun as it crosses the sky. But how do sunflowers 'see' the sun to follow it? Plant biologists show that they use a different, novel mechanism from ...

To visit the 2025 version of this story, click here. This story was published Aug. 4. Bloom time information was updated Thursday, Sept. 14. While June’s dry weather may have delayed fall corn mazes, ...

In the state’s dry, nutrient-deficient soil, CU Boulder researchers and others aim to learn if the crop can survive and even thrive in a hotter, drier future Venture through Colorado’s Front Range ...

To visit the 2025 version of this story, click here. The sun will come out at some point, in the sky and in the field. The region’s first big sunflower field started blooming in late July, bringing in ...