Question: A friend gave me several Mexican sunflower cuttings and said to stick them in the ground. Does this work? Answer: You hear stories about sticking stems in the ground and having them root, ...

Someone down the street from me is growing a huge sunflower-type plant. It must be 20 feet tall and it is covered in yellow flowers. What is this plant, and should I grow it? This is called the giant ...

Flaming orange flowers always catch my eye and the old-fashioned Mexican sunflower is still one of the best. There may be a revival happening with this plant that I have failed to notice. I belong to ...

Flaming orange flowers always catch my eye, and the old-fashioned Mexican sunflower is still one of the best. There may be a revival happening with this plant that I have failed to notice. I belong to ...

Late every summer, I’m amazed at how different my flower garden looks than it did in the spring. While I grow many perennials that produce beautiful blooms, the show-stoppers in my garden are often ...

Talk about a butterfly magnet! Fiesta del Sol Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Fiesta del Sol’) is just that. This truly dwarf Tithona grows only about 36 inches tall, much shorter than its ...

A friend of mine has a beautiful flowering plant. It's very tall with orange daisy-like flowers and she calls it a Mexican sunflower. I'm hoping I can grow it from seed. Your friend is growing a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. and Mexican scientists have determined ancient farmers were growing sunflowers in Mexico more than 4,000 years before the Spaniards arrived. Florida State ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Ancient farmers were growing sunflowers in Mexico more than 4,000 years before the Spaniards arrived, according to a team of researchers that includes Florida State University ...