1. Planting Seeds of Friendship Shelbi Sinnett 3/24/11

2. Sunflower The scientific name for a sunflower is Helianthus annuus The sunflower is an annual native plant. A sunflower has a hairy stem, rough leaves, and the head is circular

3. Plant Details A sunflower need full sunlight. They grow up to 5-12 feet tall. It blooms mostly in the summer because it needs full sunlight. Sunflowers can grow in any soil type, but they can not be planted in sandy soil or in clay.

4. Watering your seeds Sunflowers can not handle wet swampy areas. Sunflowers live on natural rain fall.

5. Uses Sunflowers are grown mainly for their seeds and oil. The seeds are used as animal feed and bird feed, but humans can eat them too. The sunflowers oil is used for mainly cooking, because of its high acid and linoleic content

6. Plant Varieties 'American Giant Hybrid' 'Arnika' 'Autumn Beauty' (Autumnal colors) 'Aztec Sun' 'Black Oil' 'Dwarf Sunspot' 'Evening Sun' 'Giant Primrose' 'Indian Blanket Hybrid' 'Irish Eyes' 'Italian White'

7. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower - I used this website to get all of my information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower I used google images to get all of my pictures.