- Author: Tina Saravia
Published on: January 14, 2022
When I started planting my winter vegetables this fall, I was looking forward to some radishes carrots, snow peas, spinach - the cool weather vegetables.
As the seeds started sprouting and slowly growing through the cooler weather and shorter days, I started noticing an unexpected crop.
I had previously planted some black oil seed sunflower (Helianthus annulus) in the same bed. Apparently, I missed some seeds when I harvested the sunflowers. So, alongside my vegetable crop, these sunflowers started growing. One of them has even bloomed. I was not aware that they grow this late in the year, much less bloom in late fall amidst the frosty weather and all the rains.
Comments:
by Paula Pashby
on January 15, 2022 at 9:19 AM
How exciting! I also have a sunflower plant that has been blooming this whole time . It is in with my with my outside salad and urb I'll add an Herb garden. I got it from the California native plant society.
by Michelle Krespi
on January 23, 2022 at 11:19 PM
Loved your blog. You are a prolific gardener. I still have more success growing other things besides vegetables but looking forward to growing food when I finally move in to the new house,
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