Sunflower

Sunflower — page 1 — Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Ellen Huber Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by 123rf Annie Desaulniers Le Do Alamy IMAGEMORE Co Ltd Biosphoto Carol Sharp Flowerphotos Dreamstime Elena Elisseeva Garsya Haraldmuc Karelgallas Kornilovdream Oleksandr Kostiuchenko Anette Linnea Rasmussen Filipe Varela Getty Images Maxine Adcock Steve Satushek Pete Turner iStockphoto ansonsaw Science Photo Library MAXINE ADCOCK NIGEL CATTLIN Shutterstock Garsya Hasloo Group Production Studio haveseen Tischenko Irina jocic Evgen Kuzmin Aga_Raﬁ Dr Ajay Kumar Singh TFoxFoto P Uzunova Filipe B Varela Superstock Imagebroker net Veer Kenneth Keifer Justin Kral sad Jan Skwara Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riggs Kate Sunﬂower Kate Riggs p cm Grow with me Includes bibliographical references and index Summary An exploration of the life cycle and life span of sunﬂowers using up-close photographs and step-by-step text to follow a sunﬂower’s growth process from seed to seedling to mature plant ISBN 978-1-60818-218-3 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-160-3 eBook 1 Sunﬂowers Life cycles Juvenile literature 2 Sunﬂowers Seeds Juvenile literature I Title SB299 S9R54 2012 635 9’3399 dc23 2011040501 First Edition 987654321

Sunflower — page 2 — TA B L E O F CO N T E N TS Sunﬂowers 5 Seeds from a Head 7 Planting a Seed 8 Seedlings and Sunlight 11 Sprouting Leaves 12 Following the Sun 15 Pollinating Help 16 Heavy Seed Heads 18 Drying Out 21 Tasty Seeds 22 Sunﬂower History 25 Places to Plant 26 Death of a Sunﬂower 28 Life Cycle 30 Glossary 31 Web Sites 32 Read More 32 Index 32

Sunflower — page 3 — 4 Sunﬂowers can go from 1 inch 2 5 cm to 6 feet 1 8 m tall in about 3 months

Sunflower — page 4 — SUNFLOWERS Sunﬂowers are annual plants Annuals are plants that live for a year or less They grow from seeds Sunﬂowers grow best in fertile soil that gets plenty of water They need bright sunlight too Sunﬂowers are native to North and South America Sunﬂowers are tall plants that can be 3 to 15 feet 0 9 4 6 m high Their wide green leaves are 3 to 12 inches 7 6 30 5 cm long 5

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