They really can take a boring, drab living space and fill it up with a gigantic burst of colors and brightness. Sunflowers are accepted as one of the most beautiful and perfect flowers that are on our planet, so what better reason to use them as decorations?

If you are looking to decorate up the outside of your house then there are options like sunflower mailboxes, wind chimes, spinners and other things of that nature.

It is great for greeting your gifts and they will enjoy knowing what they are going to expect. You can spicen up the front door with reefs of sunflowers and door mats that have nice sayings on them with bright fun pictures of sunflowers as well.

You can decorate all the rooms in your house the same way. If you plan on decorating your kitchen, you can get place mats, clocks, candles, etc. If you want to brighten up your bathroom then use shower curtains, toilet seats and pictures as well.

It's a perfect opportunity to get everything you need for sunflower decor fans and the best thing is that they are inexpensive as well!

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They are also an excellent source of Vitamin E, which has significant anti-inflammatory effects that can help in the reduction of symptoms in asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Sunflower seeds are rich in phytosterols, which are believed to reduce blood levels of cholesterol, enhance the immune response and decrease risk of certain cancers.

Sunflower seeds are also a good source of magnesium, and selenium.

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By Jason Levin

Gardeners who have taken the opportunity to plant and grow sunflowers are familiar with their vibrant yellow color. It lights up the garden. What's more, they can be harvested to produce seeds that can be eaten or used in bird feeders. They can also be grown to immense sizes. Large sunflowers with 16-foot stalks and 23" seedheads are possible with the right variety and the proper care. Some large varieties of sunflowers, such as California Greystripe and Russian Mammoth, are created specifically for this reason.

In this article, you'll learn about growing gigantic sunflowers. We'll provide a few tips for choosing the proper variety, preparing the soil, and providing ongoing care in order to produce a large crop.

Selecting The Sunflower Variety

There are many varieties of sunflowers. Some have been designed through hybridization to produce different colors ranging from lime to red. However, these varieties are not usually well-suited to producing giant flowers. If you want to grow large sunflowers, you will find that the tallest stalks and largest seedheads conform to conventional colors. The petals are typically yellow. The center of the seedhead has a dark brown appearance (it looks similar to chocolate). And the seeds that are produced from within the seedhead are gray and round.

Make sure that the variety you choose can consistently produce a hefty, strong stalk. When your sunflowers grow tall and large, they will become more susceptible to heavy winds and rain. A strong stalk will prevent them from toppling over in such conditions.

How To Prepare The Soil

In order for your sunflowers to reach heights of 15 feet or more, and produce gigantic seedheads, they will need a lot of exposure to direct sunlight. They should be planted in an area that receives at least 7 hours of sunlight each day. To plant your sunflowers, dig a hole in the soil that is 2 feet deep and has a circumference of approximately 3 feet. Once you have planted the seeds, replace some of the soil and use a controlled release fertilizer at approximately 1 foot deep. Then, replace the rest of the soil.

Sowing, Caring, And Ongoing Maintenance

Sunflowers have roots that grow very quickly. While it is possible to plant them in pots and transfer them to the soil, you run the risk of stunting their growth if you wait too long. Plant them directly into the soil to prevent this from happening. Also, even though a lot of gardeners will plant their sunflowers in the middle of the summer, doing so will limit their size. Plan to sow your seeds during the last week of May (or beginning of June, if cold weather persists).

Sunflowers, by their nature, use the nutrients within the soil more quickly than most other plants and vegetation. Without proper maintenance, the soil can become depleted of these nutrients, preventing the sunflowers from growing to their potential height. Try to replenish the soil each week with 2 gallons of a diluted fertilizer mixture. But, don't apply the fertilizer on your sunflowers' stems. They may begin to rot if you do. Instead, dig a trench around the stem that is 3 inches deep. Place the fertilizer solution in the trench and allow it to seep into the soil.

The Giant Emerges

Assuming that you chose the right variety of sunflowers, prepared the soil properly, and took pains to replenish the nutrients in the soil with a fertilizer solution, your crop should be large and impressive. You may want to cover the gigantic seedheads with a light burlap sack to prevent birds from stealing the seeds. Once the seeds have swelled and are ready to harvest, you can use them in your bird feeder or enjoy them yourself. Meanwhile, your crop of huge sunflowers will impress your friends and family.

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The organizers of International Sunflower Guerilla Gardening Day recommend that you gather at 8PM local time on May 1 and bring seeds, tools, and ideas for where to plant the sunflower seeds.

Sunflowers are easy to plant.  Take a bottle of tap water, and a small tool for making a 1" deep hole.  Find some sunny earth, dig the 1" deep hole and drop a seed in.  Cover the hole with dirt and water.   The sunflowers should be blooming by August.

Facebook hosts the International Sunflower Guerilla Gardening group.  Check there for more information.

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By Belinda Crouse

Celestial sun wall decor will make an upbeat, festive splash in your casual living areas: sun room, patio, family room; even a bathroom or kitchen. You will discover dozens of ideas for sun decor in your home.

The inside entrance to your home is a great place to set a welcoming upbeat tone for your home. Let's start with a metal sun wall decor piece. Hang the sun on the wall high enough to hang a functional coat rack below it. If you have a large enough wall here, accent with smaller moon and/or stars for the "whole" look. Select the style, color and size that is appealing to you and a style that compliments your home overall.

The family room or casual living area is a fun area to decorate with celestial sun moon wall decor. Because of the size, this would be a great room to include the popular star wall decor as an accent. Either above the mantel or behind the sofa--whichever you would like to be your main focal point, you can hang a large, classy sun wall hanging. Accent it with wall pockets or metal wall candle sconces. Use a pair of star shaped wall pockets and fill with artificial greenery and/or bright, sunny flowers. Sunflowers are really popular right now. Candle sconces, with a leaf or star motif, incorporated in the design will help carry your look. For a more upscale sun wall decor look, you may want to try a more abstract sun look--one with no face or a piece that just has a sunburst, ray look.

Continue your sun wall decor to the smaller wall spaces in your room with a grouping of stars or stars and moon. Including a mirror or wall clock in the grouping, when enough space is available, adds an extra touch to the room. Just make sure the home decor accessories have the same style and feel...whether casual, country, traditional...

One room we have found to be quite popular for sun wall decor, is the bathroom. In most baths, you will need to find smaller sun decor. One suggestion, would be to hang decorative sun stepping stones. Most of the decorative stones, on the market, have hangers on the back just for this purpose. The stepping stones are a good size and resistant to the humidity and moisture found in bathroom areas. The bathroom is a fun room to hang a small, "sunny" windchime. Finish it off with a small artificial flower pot with bright daisies or sunflowers. A small sun plant poke would make a nice finishing touch.

I think you will agree that just about anything goes in the kitchen today. Sun decor will be great to brighten up a small, wall starved kitchen. It would be extra fun if you are lucky enough to have a breakfast nook. The normally limited wall space in a kitchen is broken into small, odd shaped areas. So, lets go on a search for some smaller, unique sun wall decor. Keep your eyes open for a small moon or stars to accent and mix and match with the sun decor. Hang your favorite sun wall decor piece above the kitchen sink or on a wall space at the end of your cupboards. Hang the smaller accent, celestial pieces on the narrow wall area between your wall cabinets and the counter tops.

This area, I would recommend, that you focus a grouping in one area to create a focal point. Then above the cabinets, if you have a wall area, decorate with small sun, moon star decor, interspersed with kitchen and family word art. If you have a ledge above your cabinets, place a sun on a pedestal--you may be able to use short plant pokes. Give a back drop and "fluff" the area with artificial greenery, sunflowers and vases--they are all a great look with sun decor. In the breakfast nook, it would be fun to include a rooster with the sun theme. Mixing and matching is very popular, fun and easy--if you like it, go for it! Sun kitchen home decor can also be worked in with an Italian kitchen theme, just use more of the rich, deep coloring associated with the look.

Lets step outside now--first, lets consider the screened in, 3- seasons porch. This area will come to life with a bright sun wall hanging right next to your windows. Consider a sun themed water fountain on a tabletop. Add wall pockets and vases with silk grasses and flowering sunflower bushes--or your favorite flower. Hang a sun windchime in the corner and add celestial plant pokes to your vases. Get the idea...have fun. You could change your wall pocket fillers with each season.

Now step out onto your outdoor patio. A large metal sun will be perfect on the exterior wall, near the door, leading into the house. Depending on the wall area available, you may also accent with the moon and stars. Add a celestial looking bird feeder. Fill large pots with live or artificial flower bushes and silk or live grasses. A sun wall trellis is a unique piece that is a great addition on the deck or in a nearby flower bed.

Sun wall decor is a trendy home decorating theme that you will find fits in the interior of your home or out on the deck. It is a cheery, fun look, that brings the great outdoors to life. Have fun decorating. Homedecoratingstudio.com has lots of great pieces to help with your decorating.

This article is provided to you by Belinda Crouse, owner of
http://www.homedecoratingstudio.com and Cotton Seed Studio. I have a BS
degree from South Dakota State University in Textiles and Clothing-
Retail. I have been the owner of a gift, craft and home decor business
since 1983. I opened Cotton Seed Studio, a home decor, personal
product, gift and coffee bar shop, in January 2006. I also do custom
design projects, specialty boutiques and have started doing home staging
for local realtors. Early in 2007, we introduced our on line home
decor catalog: http://www.homedecoratingstudio.com

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By Peter Mueller

You love flowers? You want a bright wedding theme? You like the sun? Then why don't you use sunflowers for your main wedding theme. The sunflower is a symbol of happiness, prosperity, and peace. What more can you wish for your marriage? If you want to have a bright-yellow sunflower wedding, be aware that the best time to get real sunflowers is July to September. But in case you have no problem to use silk sunflowers for the decoration, you can have this kind of a wedding around the whole year.

Colors
The colors you use for the decoration and the dresses should be light colors like yellow, orange and crème. Colors that reflect the summer season and create a sunny, warm and easy feeling. You can use some red and brown dabs to loosen up the theme a bit.

Decoration
The best decoration for a sunflower wedding consists of -of course- more sunflowers. You can have sunflower candles, sunflowers printed on table cloths and napkins, sunflower lights, flower arrangements made of sunflowers (best complemented by other bright colored flowers like white roses) and much more. But there is also no real reason to stop with the decoration. Why not use sunflower tie holders for the groom or sunflower hair pins for the bride and the bridesmaids? Or sunflower ornaments on the dresses? You have a lot of options here, so be creative.

Flowers
Usually each of the bridesmaids carries a single sunflower. The bride has a bouquet of sunflowers, often complemented by roses or chamomiles. Ask your local florist for more ideas. He knows best what flowers he can use at the time of the year you celebrate your wedding. If you are on a budget ask him about silk flowers for the complementary flowers of your bouquet and decoration, too.

Wedding Favors
You can use your decoration for wedding favors, too. Give some extra candles like the ones you used for your table centerpieces as favors. Or give your guests real sunflowers for their homes. A very nice wedding favor is a custom bagged sunflower seeds with your names and the wedding date on the bag. Your guests can plant the seeds next spring in their garden and will think about your wonderful special day every time they see the grown sunflower in the summer.

You see how easy it is to build the decoration of your wedding reception around these beautiful plant? So if you are looking for a fresh, sunny and warm floral theme for your wedding, be sure to consider sunflowers.

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