Beaming

Watercolor on Birch Panel

2022, 11"x 14"

Peachy Gold Sunflowers

Plant of the Day

Friday 13 October 2023

Providing height for this autumn border was Helianthus pauciflorus (stiff sunflower). This herbaceous perennial originates in North American spreading by means of underground rhizomes.

Jill Raggett

more scenes from my father's garden

Velvet Queen

🌻☺️

Helianthus gracilentus, the Slender Sunflower, is a perennial sunflower native to southern California and Baja California mostly in semi-coastal chaparral and light pine forests. Where the more commonly seen Helianthus annuus only lasts through one good growing season, H. gracilentus persists indefinitely with woody stems instead of pith-filled stems which allow the annual sunflower to grow quickly and last just long enough to set seed and die. Where the annual sunflower has many cultivars ranging from ones with multi-kilogram heads to branched habits producing many smaller flowers in a season, H. gracilentus can produce blooms for most of the year in gentle climates, only needing a break in the coldest months of the year and persisting through a hot, dry summer through the aid of a stout taproot.

Sunflower by Mark Freeth on Flickr.

This work is licensed under CC BY 2.0. 

大垣ひまわり畑

理想：夏最高！！

現実：虫、虫、なんか一杯飛んでくる。いやぁぁぁ。

Close up of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus) head

Photo by Guy Edwardes

I made a ACOC OC because the ravening war has me in a deep brain rot and then I thought too hard about her.  Shes a level 6 Sorcerer/Warlock and i LOVE HER

More details about her under the break 

Her name is Lady Areli Helianthus, a fructeran Sunflower seed from the noble house of Helianthus. The most unique traits of the Helianthus family is that certain family members can ‘bloom’ and begin growing sunflowers (its edible I checked!) which awakens special powers within them.

And because I cant resist a good pun my Sunflower lady is a prophet of the Bulb, and grew up within the bulbian church. Although i have drawn her without it, she actually always has her veil on as shes not allowed to show her face as “her face may only gaze towards the bulb”. One of the deep philosophies that she grew up with was that her face was something private and to be covered and to be treasured only by the bulb above, but her hands were always to remain free and bare as they are for the community and her church.  

I imagine that at some point shell be swept away from the church and into a rag tag party who help her realised shes been highkey brainwashed and that she can live however she wants to even if her powers do always come from the bulb.

Glorious Sunshine

Watercolor On Birch Panel

2023, 11"x 14"

Yellow Sunflowers

His name is Helianthus or you can call him Helios/heli

New oc

They are a security guard and a daycare attendant coworker

Gender male

Height 7,3

Sexuality pansexual

Age 19-20

I joined a MineCraft server with Bori and I've been having a blast. First pic doesn't have everyone, but it's a basic rundown.

Plant of the Day

Sunday 31 July 2022

The F1 hybrid Helianthus annuus 'Elite Sun’ (sunflower) is one of the earliest flowering cultivars of this annual. The flowers have long yellow petals and dark discs, these plants had already set seeds which will be useful for feeding birds in the garden.

Jill Raggett