Surprise! 6-year-old Nebraska girl grows 19-foot sunflower to cheer up mom

[Omaha Steve]

Six-year-old Laurali Polacek points to the 19-foot sunflower she planted in the backyard of her family's home in Wisner, Nebraska. The flower is a little droopy from recent winds.
ABBY POLACEK

By Michael O’Connor

A little Nebraska girl has grown a really big sunflower.

Six-year-old Laurali Polacek planted sunflower seeds last fall in her backyard in Wisner.

One of the sunflowers has grown to 19 feet, a size that Nebraska Extension says is definitely taller than the norm. Typically sunflowers grow 10 to 12 feet.

The flower also surpassed the 15-footer a Ralston couple had in their backyard two years ago.

(My post yesterday about a local sunflower: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029411516)

FULL story: http://www.omaha.com/living/surprise--year-old-nebraska-girl-grows--foot-sunflower/article_358f3cac-793b-11e7-bf72-530557605829.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. What a sweetheart

[Siwsan]

2. Wow!

I just finished staking my sunflowers up, because the wind keeps pushing them over, but I don't think any of them are over 8 feet tall. And I was impressed by that!!

[Plucketeer]

5. We haven't "planted" any in years

but birds plant them for us each fall. This makes for volunteer sunflowers all over our 2 acres every Spring. We've got a couple of patches of them that are 12ft tall.

[TNNurse]

3. Did she get the seeds from a man named Jack???

[denbot]

4. Paging Ptah..

You have somebody on your six.

[hibbing]

6. I grow then every year

I haven't had any get that tall. Mine are getting ready to bloom, I love them.

Peace

[L. Coyote]

7. She should sell the seeds!

I sold mine on eBay last year. Still have some leftover.