{"id":11744,"date":"2022-03-19T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthworksjax.com\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2023-05-25T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T08:48:29","slug":"sunflower-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthworksjax.com\/gardencenter\/sunflower-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sunflower Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the news today is the sunflower story as a symbol of hope, unity, and resistance although the sunflower has a long history of cultural meaning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This sunny annual garden favorite has meant many things to many cultures throughout the centuries and worldwide. Today it is gaining deeper meaning from our solidarity with the Ukrainian people and a global symbol of\u00a0<strong>resistance,\u00a0unity,\u00a0and\u00a0hope.\u00a0<\/strong> Here are some of the many diverse meanings attributed to this spectacular flowering specimen throughout history.<br \/>The scientific name for the sunflower is Helianthus. It comes from the Greek words\u00a0&#8220;helios,&#8221;\u00a0meaning sun, and\u00a0&#8220;Anthus,&#8221;\u00a0meaning flower.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe title=\"Sunflower Harvest at Earth Works Garden Center\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUkZwJZqbbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to some, the ancient Greeks believed that sunflowers turned towards the sun because the nymph Clytie adored Apollo, the God of the Sun. At first, he loved her too, but then he turned his affections towards another nymph. Clytie told the other nymph&#8217;s father in a jealous rage, and he buried her alive as punishment. Outraged, Apollo turned Clytie into a sunflower, but her love for him was so strong she watched him move across the sky each day &#8211; just as sunflowers follow the sun. This story adds\u00a0<strong>adoration\u00a0and\u00a0loyalty<\/strong>\u00a0to the list.<br \/>The sunflower story origins were here in the Americas between 1000-5000 years ago; the Native Americans cultivated this crop and viewed sunflowers as symbols of <strong>harvest and abundance<\/strong>\u00a0with their bounty to hunters and gatherers centuries ago.\u00a0<br \/>With the discovery of the new world, the sunflower&#8217;s popularity spread throughout Europe. And it soon became a favorite subject, even the obsession of many impressionist painters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthworksjax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sunflower-illustrations.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The flower symbolizes\u00a0<strong>good fortune, longevity, and\u00a0everlasting joy<\/strong> in China.\u00a0When wishing someone good luck or to express happiness for an accomplishment, the Chinese often give sunflowers.<br \/>One of the sunflower&#8217;s recent and most significant and critical symbolic meanings is\u00a0<strong>having a nuclear-free world.<\/strong>\u00a0On June 1, 1996, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons. Celebrating the occasion, the defense ministers from the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine planted Sunflowers. They scattered Sunflowers seeds to represent <strong>a world of\u00a0peace, hope, and freedom from any dangerous nuclear weapons. <\/strong>U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry said, <em>&#8220;Sunflowers instead of missiles in the soil would ensure peace for future generations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">More than just a symbol against nuclear, the flowers absorb harmful toxic elements and radiation from the soil and clean up the environment. They were planted on an old Ukrainian missile base and grew across nuclear disaster sites like Fukushima, Chernobyl, and Hiroshima.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DID YOU KNOW<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunflowers are heliotropic.\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001V3U4_XLn9UXACrQMYhLJ4UEqiHuc0a81Ogp-jpNoIauxYP4eITsa0hoOQ_6AX6WNgouiROPjWy9lqpi4h6bTLZsp_Y8_0_VRK_powayuUKGdK-yDEKAkmZX9yZe4qQHeHlAnu5arU2aqP4D5IS0CrmPUZAB-PfHaYBr1q1lGV8w=&amp;c=f_7MCTyaxjisYkDPoRB9x71lzojuAjTmmTxoUr4Wu_6NQ_1_JqDgDw==&amp;ch=MbRQv-923yjaj81k869ZVc4kTXKr0aeNbsHG4mzsmILUHiRH3U_73g==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heliotropism<\/a>\u00a0refers to species that follow the sun\u2019s movement as it travels across the sky. In its early stages, the buds and leaves of the sunflower display this behavior. Once the head of the plant has come into full bloom, it remains fixed facing towards the east where the sun rises.<br \/><strong>Each sunflower is actually thousands of teeny flowers.<\/strong> The iconic yellow petals and fuzzy brown centers are actually individual flowers themselves. As many as 2,000 can make up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001V3U4_XLn9UXACrQMYhLJ4UEqiHuc0a81Ogp-jpNoIauxYP4eITsa0hoOQ_6AX6WNlwyZV3WJSmq4N-i102jdAzg0H6Yv3M-xMI0V9B_M6uhjkOD-CaQx4LVOsP56wRze4iRKR2BdwouyQek7k3wgIDX9e0JCZy-EpwIoEU9tJuY=&amp;c=f_7MCTyaxjisYkDPoRB9x71lzojuAjTmmTxoUr4Wu_6NQ_1_JqDgDw==&amp;ch=MbRQv-923yjaj81k869ZVc4kTXKr0aeNbsHG4mzsmILUHiRH3U_73g==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the classic sunflower bloom<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.earthworksjax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/sunflower-pod-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"390\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A dried sunflower makes a unique, natural bird feeder.<\/strong> Feathered friends love to snack on sunflower seeds just like you do.<br \/><strong>Each sunflower can contain as many as 1,000 to 2,000 seeds.<\/strong> So there are tons for birdies to munch on! But you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001V3U4_XLn9UXACrQMYhLJ4UEqiHuc0a81Ogp-jpNoIauxYP4eITsa0hoOQ_6AX6WNWjnaOgk83-Fn-UeEbQQrO-pKkKgE5X6c37s7KbJQjC6woFn6NWfdLmaSj4er0u6LqrplKyWM-ul8IHZwIpmVgouU2TclxCXO1nErhDgbbBY=&amp;c=f_7MCTyaxjisYkDPoRB9x71lzojuAjTmmTxoUr4Wu_6NQ_1_JqDgDw==&amp;ch=MbRQv-923yjaj81k869ZVc4kTXKr0aeNbsHG4mzsmILUHiRH3U_73g==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harvest and roast them<\/a>\u00a0for yourself, too.<br \/><strong>The tallest sunflower on record was over 30 feet tall.<\/strong> Coming in at 30-feet, 1-inch, the bloom was grown in Germany by Hans-Peter Schiffer, who has held\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001V3U4_XLn9UXACrQMYhLJ4UEqiHuc0a81Ogp-jpNoIauxYP4eITsa0hoOQ_6AX6WNPHBjO1Es_apa7lnAOR_jMESGh-6jiZ9Rg1IYCkMqXclNDOkRg4_qjNVIIdMqgHKkSO-ku3i_Wal0-x6B0OV4D6AYpMkL0Mj4Hk-v3pE99UBRNKP6u6CDDeo9JoLcyCanvrAnzyajQKg=&amp;c=f_7MCTyaxjisYkDPoRB9x71lzojuAjTmmTxoUr4Wu_6NQ_1_JqDgDw==&amp;ch=MbRQv-923yjaj81k869ZVc4kTXKr0aeNbsHG4mzsmILUHiRH3U_73g==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the record<\/a>\u00a0twice before.<br \/><strong>You should harvest sunflowers in the morning, not the afternoon.<\/strong> Planning to clip a few to display in a vase? If you wait until the afternoon,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001V3U4_XLn9UXACrQMYhLJ4UEqiHuc0a81Ogp-jpNoIauxYP4eITsa0hoOQ_6AX6WN3R1nvZEoITM0bG4xQUEsCGdYHaDmZhEf5keSSmUZj3HZ--baDWBR_FbXWH5OkiM8WHnS6LioxY7oHV4MfFvf3ieiEuY-vXaU3ZMaHrfUnuc=&amp;c=f_7MCTyaxjisYkDPoRB9x71lzojuAjTmmTxoUr4Wu_6NQ_1_JqDgDw==&amp;ch=MbRQv-923yjaj81k869ZVc4kTXKr0aeNbsHG4mzsmILUHiRH3U_73g==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they may wilt<\/a>.<br \/>To learn more about the sunflower story and how to grow them check out this great video by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCSbyncU597LMwb3HhnAI_4w\">Epic Gardening. <\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><iframe title=\"How to Grow Sunflowers Successfully At Home \ud83c\udf3b\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FgNWD0upTc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sources:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sunflowers: Meaning Care &amp; Symbolism &#8211; Interflora. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interflora.co.uk\/page\/flower-types\/sunflowers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.interflora.co.uk\/page\/flower-types\/sunflowers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2018Sunflower and Daisy\u2019 Allure: attraction \u2013 PRANSUK DESSERT. <a href=\"https:\/\/pransukdessert.com\/products\/sunflower-and-daisy-allure-attraction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pransukdessert.com\/products\/sunflower-and-daisy-allure-attraction<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sunflower Original A4 Illustration \u2014 Jessica Donnelly. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicadonnelly.com\/shop\/wild-daffodil-original-a4-illustration-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.jessicadonnelly.com\/shop\/wild-daffodil-original-a4-illustration-1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sunflower Facts &#8211; Things You Didn&#8217;t Know About Sunflowers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/home\/gardening\/a32638\/sunflower-fun-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/home\/gardening\/a32638\/sunflower-fun-facts\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For comprehensive solutions to your specific lawn, garden, and landscaping needs, contact Earth Works of Jacksonville online or at 904-996-0712. Earth Works operates a retail Garden Center\/Plant Nursery in Jacksonville and provides landscaping, hardscaping, water features, lawn care service, lawn spraying, and drainage solutions.<br \/>Earth Works proudly serves clients in Northeast Florida, including Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Nocatee, St. Johns, Fleming Island, Orange Park, Middleburg, Green Cove Springs, Amelia Island, Fernandina, and St. Augustine.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the news today is the sunflower story as a symbol of hope, unity, and resistance although the sunflower has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the news today is the sunflower story as a symbol of hope, unity, and resistance although the sunflower has a long history of cultural meaning. 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