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Sunflowers gain stylish role as garden and cut flowers
The article profiles Alana Mezo of the Chicago Botanic Garden noting sunflowers now charm gardeners with bright colors and repeat blooms. It covers growing indoors and outdoors, hardening off, sunlight needs, pollen issues, container varieties like Teddy Bear, branching versus single stem types, and methods to extend color through deadheading and staggered sowing.
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Associated Press
Alana Mezo
Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe
Chicago Botanic Staff
Mezo
Chicago Botanic