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Sunflowers
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Sunflowers grow-fasti If you plant a sunflower seed at the beginning of summer, before the season's over you might need a ladder to reach the top of your flower.
As the plant grows, its leaves and flower buds follow the sun, soaking up as much light as they can. They face east in the morning, to greet the sun as it rises, but by evening they've turned west, to catch the last rays of the setting sun.
When the buds open, the big, bright flower heads look like suns themselves. Soon...
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